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In the European Middle Ages, the harm a person’s gaze could cause was greatly feared. A stare was considered an act of aggression; intense gazing was believed to exert immense power over the individual observed. The love of looking, or scopophilia, is a common motif among female figures in medieval art and literature where it is usually expressed as a motherly or sexually interested gaze--one sanctioned, the other forbidden. Sandra Summers investigates these two major variants of female voyeurism in exemplary didactic and courtly literature by medieval German authors. Setting the motif against the period’s dominant patriarchal ethos and its almost exclusive pattern of male authorship, Summers argues that the maternal gaze was endorsed as a stabilizing influence while the erotic gaze was condemned as a threat to medieval order. Summers examines whether medieval artists and writers invented the idea of “ogling,” or whether they were simply recording a behavioral practice common at the time. She investigates how the act of ogling altered the narrative trajectory of female characters, and she also considers how it may have affected the regulation and restriction of women during Europe’s Middle Ages. Drawing upon contemporary gender studies, women’s studies, film studies, and psychology, Summers argues that the female gaze ultimately governs social formation. The exploration of the female gaze in period literature transcends medieval scholarship and impacts our understanding of the broader problem of gender perceptions and social structuring in Western civilization.
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The raucous adventures of Mallory and the gang continue! Join Mallory, Alex, Wembley, Boone, Tangwystl and Star as they pursue murderers and solve mysteries is these three Vegan Vamp novels: The Nefarious Necklace The gems from a necklace owned long ago by a notorious woman are killing people in the here and now. How does a stunning piece of jewelry become an implement of death? The Halloween Haunting Visiting her dead relative’s former abode brings back memories for Mallory, but it also rather unexpectedly brings back Great-Auntie Lula. With her ghostly great-aunt’s help, can Mallory and her crew discover who’s burgled Bradley’s condo, and why everyone involved with the break-in keeps dying? The Selection Shenanigans Mallory ditches a few magical misconceptions as she, Alex, and her crew hunt down a murderer and try to save the Society’s mayoral selection (not election) from imploding.
Leo Cornelia, also known as the Undefeatable Holy Blade, is hailed as the strongest knight in all the land. It's precisely this strength that has barred anyone from treating her like a proper woman before⁠—that is, until sorcerer Houli Dent comes along! He professes his love to Leo out of the blue, but how will she handle being treated like a lady for the first time in her entire life?
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