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> >From: "Holly Crocker" <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: CFP: Sexual Education in Medieval >Literature (no deadline noted; Kalamazoo, >5/4/06-5/7/06) > >Call for Abstracts, Kalamazoo 2006 > >ìSexual Education in Medieval Literatureî > >This panel seeks papers that explore the >consequences of young peopleís sexual >education*or lack thereof*across genres in >medieval literature. While certain saintsí >narratives use the young virginís desire to >avoid sexual initiation as a way to express his >or her exemplary distance from lay society, the >virginís desire to avoid marriage and its >consummation suggest an awareness of sexuality >that characters in other genres do not display. >Most notably, Old French fabliaux suggest the >problems that ensue as a result of attempts to >educate young women and men about their gendered >sexual roles. While many fabliaux suggest that >human sexuality cannot be contained by >prescriptive gender-education, others explore a >feature common to romance, genderís tendency to >postpone or disrupt sexual encounters. This >panel thus also seeks papers that explore the >function of the ìgo-betweenî in medieval >narratives, looking at the ways that old women, >panderers, or even bawds provide ìforbid! > denî sexual education to men and women who >might not otherwise be able to gain such needed >knowledge. > >Please send 1 page abstracts to: > >Holly A. Crocker >Department of English >University of South Carolina >Columbia, SC 29208 > >[log in to unmask] > >e-mail submissions welcome! > > ******************* The German Studies Call for Papers List Editor: Stefani Engelstein Assistant Editor: Meghan McKinstry Sponsored by the University of Missouri Info available at: http://www.missouri.edu/~graswww/resources/gerlistserv.html