Erotic Medievalisms / / Elan Justice Pavlinich.

• Superior document: Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture
• VerfasserIn: Pavlinich, Elan Justice,
• Place / Publishing House: New York : : Routledge,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 175 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes index.

Erotic medievalisms expose modern apparatuses of oppression, reclaim histories for marginalized people, and promote more inclusive representations in popular culture. Modern representations of the Middle Ages-including Santiago García and David Rubín's graphic novel, Beowulf; Lil Nas X's music video for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name);" Patience Agbabi's retelling of Chaucer's The Miller's Tale, entitled "The Kiss;" and some BDSM (Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism) practices-challenge pervasive power structures that privilege heterosexual male dominance commonly associated with medieval origins in popular culture. This comparative study between medieval and modern texts foregrounds the sexual gratification of people who are typically excluded from representations of the Middle Ages, specifically women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Erotic displays of marginalized people in medieval contexts disrupt prevalent forms of oppression rooted in institutions that censor human experiences and they direct sexual desires towards social justice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Foreplay: Eroticizing the Middle Ages -- Grendel's Cumming!: (Homoerotic) Horror in Garcia and Rubin's Beowulf Ass-ention of the Black Power -- Bottom in Lil Nas X's "Montero" The Cunning Linguist of Agbabi's "The Kiss" BDSMedievalisms: Past, Power, Pain/Pleasure Walk of Shame: The Conservative Assault on Sexual Liberties -- Index.