SCRIPTA: Ann Marie Rasmussen: Sex, Fish, Food, and Sweat: Discourses of Obscenity in Medieval Sexual Badges and Middle High German Literature

In this workshop session, we will discuss Ann Marie Rasmussen’s draft essay, 'Sex, Fish, Food and Sweat: Discourses of Obscenity in Medieval Sexual Badges and Middle High German Literature”, which is the first version of her CMEMs talk, 'What's Cooking? How to Understand a Miniature Penis in a Pan”. The text explores how obscene motifs circulated in material and literary contexts, with a particular focus on Middle High German contexts. As Ann Marie Rasmussen (Duke University) provides a working draft, the workshop will serve as an opportunity to reflect on questions of interpretation, scholarly rethinking, revision and engaging with medieval obscenity in dialogue with modern theoretical approaches. Together, we will consider how shifting understandings of gender and obscenity over time can inform our current perspectives. We ask all attendees to read the material provided in advance.

SCRIPTA: Gender, Knowledge, and Agency in the Premodern Western European World is a research group at the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages. 

More details to follow.