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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Janega, Eleanor, author.     Subjects     Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.     Sex role -- History -- To 1500.     Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.     Civilization, Medieval.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Janega, Eleanor, author.       by title:      The once and future ...         MARC Display

The once and future sex : going medieval on women's roles in society / Eleanor Janega. by Janega, Eleanor, author. New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023] Subjects Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.   Sex role -- History -- To 1500.   Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.   Civilization, Medieval. ISBN:  9780393867817 (hardcover) : 0393867811 (hardcover) Description:  xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior. What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time-and what hasn't. Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost always male, subscribed to a blend of classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Christian theology for their concepts of the sexes. For the height of female attractiveness, they chose the mythical Helen of Troy, whose imagined pear shape, small breasts, and golden hair served as beauty's epitome. Casting Eve's shadow over medieval women, they derided them as oversexed sinners, inherently lustful, insatiable, and weak. And, unless a nun, a woman was to be the embodiment of perfect motherhood. In contrast, drawing on accounts of remarkable and subversive medieval women like Eleanor of Aquitaine and Hildegard of Bingen, along with others hidden in documents and court cases, Janega shows us how real women of the era lived. While often mothers, they were industrious farmers, brewers, textile workers, artists, and artisans and paved the way for new ideas about women's nature, intellect, and ability. In The Once and Future Sex, Janega unravels the restricting expectations on medieval women and the ones on women today. She boldly questions why, if our ideas of women have changed drastically over time, we cannot reimagine them now to create a more equitable future"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 305.40902 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.40902 Janega Checked In Add Copy to MyList Koloa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 305.40902 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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