IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1532: Mothers, Motherhood, and Borders in the Medieval World, I: Mothers and Medieval Literature

Thursday 7 July 2022, 09.00-10.30

Organisers:	Kirsty A. S. Bolton, Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Culture / Department of English, University of Southampton Lauren Sisson, Department of History, University of Nottingham
Moderator/Chair:	Brad Phillis, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Paper 1532-a	Hybridity and Maternity in Medieval French Literature (Language: English) Kaitlin Sager, Department of French & Italian, Tulane University, New Orleans Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Medicine
Paper 1532-b	Guinevere's Lack of Maternity in Arthurian Literature (Language: English) Kirsty A. S. Bolton, Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Culture / Department of English, University of Southampton Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English
Paper 1532-c	Consumption and Incorporation in Middle English Literary Portrayals of Mother-Son Relationships (Language: English) Lauren Sisson, Department of History, University of Nottingham Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English
Abstract	The first panel explores representations of mothers in medieval vernacular literature. Kaitlin Sager investigates instances of hybrid mothers and children in Arthurian literature and medical accounts to explore attitudes surrounding the maternal body. Kirsty Bolton examines how Arthur's lineage, and the homosocial bonds between Arthur and Lancelot, prevent Guinevere from being a mother. Lauren Sisson considers themes of consumption and incorporation in Middle English literary portrayals of mother-son relationships, and how such portrayals construct certain identities.