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Language as the Site of Revolt in Medieval and Early Modern England
Speaking as a Woman
- 268 pages
- English
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About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Control and Criminalization of Women’s Speech
- 2. The “Imagined Woman”
- 3. Women, Conversation, Crime, and the Courts
- 4. The Assembly of Ladies: Rebelling in Eden
- 5. Code-Switching: Male Crossing into Female Speech Domain
- 6. Margery Kempe: “I grab the microphone and move my body”—Volatile Speech, Volatile Bodies
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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