IMC 2006: Sessions

Session 608: Lesbian Studies and the Premodern: At the Intersections, II - 'Lesbian' Visibility and Community

Organisers:	Noreen Giffney, Women's Studies, University College Dublin Diane Watt, Department of English Literature & Creative Writing, Aberystwyth University
Moderator/Chair:	Noreen Giffney, Women's Studies, University College Dublin
Paper 608-a	How Bounded a Phenomenon was Lesbianism during the Premodern Period? (Language: English) Helmut Puff, Department of German, University of Michigan Index terms: Gender Studies, Sexuality
Paper 608-b	Erasing the Medieval Lesbian (Language: English) Michelle M. Sauer, Department of English, Minot State University, North Dakota Index terms: Gender Studies, Sexuality
Paper 608-c	The Song of Roland as Macho Camp (Language: English) Anna Klosowska, Department of French & Italian, Miami University, Ohio Index terms: Gender Studies, Sexuality
Abstract	This is the second of 4 sessions plus a round table on the theme of 'Lesbian Studies and the Premodern: At the Intersections'. This section focusses specifically on issues of the visibility of the lesbian in the Middle Ages, and addresses theoretical issues (critiquing, for example, Judith Bennett's term 'lesbian-like' as well as textual ones.