Practising Shame. Female Honour in Later Medieval England, Paperback/Mary C. Flannery

Practicing shame explores how the literature of medieval England encouraged women to secure their honour by cultivating hypervigilance against shame. The book transforms our understanding of the construction of femininity in the past and offers a new framework for thinking about honourable womanhood now and in the years to come. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Author(s): Mary C. Flannery Number of pages: 288 Collection: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 140 x 217 x 17 Cover type: Paperback / softback