Constructing Virtue and Vice Femininity and Laughter in Courtly Society (ca. 1150-1300) (Volume 5)

• Main Author: Trokhimenko, Olga V. (auth)
• Other Authors: Eming, Jutta (Editor), Groos, Arthur (Editor), Volker Mertens (Editor), Mattias Meyer (Editor), Ann Marie Rasmussen (Editor), Hans-Jochen Schiewer (Editor), Markus Stock (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Gender studies: women; Social Science; Women's Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The study examines textual representations of women's laughter and smiling and their imagined connection to female virtue in a wide variety of discourses and contexts of the German Middle Ages, including medieval epic, ecclesiastical texts, conduct literature, lyric, and sculpture. By engaging...