Overview

A book that takes a fresh look at gender and transgender issues inherent in the concept of male transvestism, or cross-dressing, as represented in the Lation, French, Old Norse, and German literatures of the European Middle Ages, with a primary focus on the Venus Journey of the knight, Ulrich von Liechtenstein.

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Author:   James L. Frankki
Publisher:   The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Imprint:   Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780773443112

ISBN 10:   0773443118
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   January 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Dr. Nicola Gilmour; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER; I. MALE TRANSVESTISM DEFINED; Magnus Hirschfeld; Hirschfeld's Transvestites; Masochism and Transvestism; Fetishism and Transvestism; Hirschfeld's Impact; Havelock Ellis; Classification Systems; Attempts at Destigmatization: Non-Pathological Cross-Dressing; Transvestism in Art and literature; II. TRANSVESTISM IN THE MEDIEVAL EUROPE; The Latin Literature of the Middle Ages; Gregory of Tours: History of the Franks; St. Jerome: Legenda Aurea; William de Blois: Alda; Statius: Achilleid; Edda and Saga: The Scandinavian Middle Ages; Thrymskvioa and Lokasenna; Helgi Hundigsbana onnur; Njal's saga; Halfreoar's saga and Vatnsdoela saga; Laxdoela Saga; Transvestism in Medieval French Literature; The Tournament of Sourluse; le Roman de Tristan en prose; L'histoire de Merlin; Heldris de Cornualle Le Roman de Silence.; Raoul de Houdene: Meraugis de portlesguez; Douin de Lavesne: Trubert; Witasse le Moine; Claris et Laris; And More.

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This fascinating and much studied case of the thirteenth-century poet and knight, von Liechtenstein, and his curious first-person narrative account of the Venus Journey has puzzled and intrigued scholars for centuries. The nature and purpose of Ulrich's journey and cross-dressing have been widely contested...Frankki offers here a new perspective on the Venus Journey. His study addresses the narrative from the perspective of transvestism itself. (Dr. Nicola Gilmour; Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

"""This fascinating and much studied case of the thirteenth-century poet and knight, von Liechtenstein, and his curious first-person narrative account of the Venus Journey has puzzled and intrigued scholars for centuries. The nature and purpose of Ulrich's journey and cross-dressing have been widely contested...Frankki offers here a new perspective on the Venus Journey. His study addresses the narrative from the perspective of transvestism itself."" (Dr. Nicola Gilmour; Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)"""

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