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Heteronormatizing the Bedroom & The Gaze: Social & Spatial Considerations of Chaucer’s Fabliaux

Panel: 
Chaucer and Related Topics
Abstract: 

The physical location of sex and the sexualized gazing in Chaucer’s fabliaux reinforces medieval patriarchy and heteronormativity. The bedroom is restricted to a heteronormative sexual space, forcing “unruly” women to choose alternate places to express their “unnatural” desires, emphasized through voyeurism.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Michelle M.
Last Name: 
Sauer
Institution: 
University of North Dakota