Category: Gender and Sexuality Studies

The Language of Love in the War of 1812

07/31/2012

Recounting Perry’s move from the Lawrence to the Niagara, Tait gushed, “even after victory had perched on the standard of the enemy, awarding her favor to superior force, Captain Perry, by the gallantry of his continued perseverance, enticed her back into his arms.” Victory, in the form of the winged goddess Nike, had perched for a time on the British flag mast. But the “gallant” Perry had successfully wooed the lovely lady and won “her” feminine favor. Politicians portrayed Perry’s action as the successful suit of a godly lover, one who lured victory away from his rival and into his own embrace.

Medieval Monday: Ruth Mazo Karras on a Case of Medieval Unmarriage

07/23/2012

Those in search of simple, old fashioned models of love and marriage might be disappointed by some of the realities of medieval coupling. “Tradition is always invented,” says Karras, who reminds us that the traditional marriage that people in the twenty-first century have invented for themselves is not really that similar to the state of matrimony in the Middle Ages.

Elizabeth Paterson Bonaparte: Nineteenth-Century Fabulous

07/14/2012

By marrying the brother of one of the most powerful men in the world, Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte became a national–actually, an international–celebrity. Far from being a modest, respectable wife who, according to American social expectations, would find happiness within her home rather than in the public sphere, Elizabeth relished being in the public eye.

A Nation of Women–Now in Paperback

06/06/2012

A Nation of Women: Gender and Colonial Encounters Among the Delaware Indians Gunlög Fur 264 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4182-2 | $39.95… READ MORE

Public Culture–Now in Paperback

06/01/2012

Public Culture: Diversity, Democracy, and Community in the United States Edited by Marguerite S. Shaffer 392 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4081-8 |… READ MORE

Unmarriages–Now Available

05/02/2012

Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages Ruth Mazo Karras 304 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2012 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4420-5 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume… READ MORE