Unit 7: Interconnections

Queer Studies

Crip Theory

Animal Studies

Film Studies

Checkpoint

Queer Studies

Take a Look: Lone Medievalist Women of the Middle Ages Project

Read:

Gabrielle Bychowski, "Were there Transgender People in the Middle Ages?"
Blake Gutt, "Holy Queer and Holy Cure: Sanctity, Disability, and Transgender Embodiment in Tristan de Nanteuil"

Crip Theory

Description: "This Webinar, organized by the Inclusivity & Diversity Committee, explored and presented new research on disability studies and the Middle Ages. "

Explore: Alicia Spencer-Hall, "'It's About Time': Ableism in the Academy - Seminar at the Swansea University Centre for Research into Gender, Culture and Society"

Animal Studies

Read: Karl Steel, "Medieval Muteness: Disability, Objects, and Animals"

Further Reading: "Bibliography: Disability and Animal Studies"

Film Studies

Read: Lucy C. Barnhouse, "Disability and Medieval (In)Justice in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Robin of Sherwood (1984)"

Checkpoint

How does gender and disability intersect?

Why is it important to look at other social factors in the context of disability?

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