Language as the Site of Revolt in Medieval and Early Modern England [electronic resource] : Speaking as a Woman /
Bodden, M. C.author.
Despite attempts to suppress early women's speech, this study demonstrates that women were still actively engaged in cultural practices and speech strategies that were both complicit with the patriarchal ideology whilst also undermining it.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The control and criminalization of women's speech -- The "imagined woman" -- Women, conversation, crime, and the courts -- The assembly of ladies : rebelling in Eden -- Code-switching : male crossing into female speech domain -- Margery Kempe : "I grab the microphone and move my body" : volatile speech, volatile bodies -- Conclusion.
Despite attempts to suppress early women's speech, this study demonstrates that women were still actively engaged in cultural practices and speech strategies that were both complicit with the patriarchal ideology whilst also undermining it.
Literature, Medieval.
Civilization—History.
Sociology.
Literature, Modern.
Great Britain—History.
Europe—History—476-1492.
Medieval Literature.
Cultural History.
Gender Studies.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Medieval Europe.