W(h)ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer's Knight's Tale.

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  • Author(s): CROCKER, HOLLY A.1
  • Source:
    Chaucer Review. 2019, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p352-370. 19p.
  • Document Type:
    Article
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CHAUCER, Geoffrey, d. 1400; CANTERBURY Tales: The Knight's Tale; FEMINISM; FEMINISTS; ACTIVISM
    • Author-Supplied Keywords:
      Emelye
      feminism
      gender
      Knight's Tale
      subjectivity
      the human
    • Abstract:
      In Chaucer's Knight's Tale, Emelye's vulnerability, and the focus on modes of agency and expression traditionally associated with women, allows Chaucer to imagine an interventionist, feminist version of the human that is not defined by domination and governance, but by forbearance and endurance. This model of subjectivity arises from imagining the human body not as closed, disciplined, and effectively distanced, but as open, fluid, and frequently compromised. Emelye's precarity makes room for a more egalitarian subjectivity, which is based on yielding rather than wielding power. That this model of subjectivity did not gain historical prominence does not diminish its importance in thinking about how Chaucer challenges and potentially reformulates the gender politics of his day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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    • Author Affiliations:
      1University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina
    • ISSN:
      0009-2002
    • Accession Number:
      10.5325/chaucerrev.54.3.0352
    • Accession Number:
      137156679
  • Citations
    • ABNT:
      CROCKER, H. A. W(h)ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale. Chaucer Review, [s. l.], v. 54, n. 3, p. 352–370, 2019. DOI 10.5325/chaucerrev.54.3.0352. Disponível em: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=hlh&AN=137156679. Acesso em: 26 out. 2020.
    • AMA:
      CROCKER HA. W(h)ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale. Chaucer Review. 2019;54(3):352-370. doi:10.5325/chaucerrev.54.3.0352
    • APA:
      CROCKER, H. A. (2019). W(h)ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale. Chaucer Review, 54(3), 352–370. https://doi.org/10.5325/chaucerrev.54.3.0352
    • Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date:
      CROCKER, HOLLY A. 2019. “W(h)Ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale.” Chaucer Review 54 (3): 352–70. doi:10.5325/chaucerrev.54.3.0352.
    • Harvard:
      CROCKER, H. A. (2019) ‘W(h)ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale’, Chaucer Review, 54(3), pp. 352–370. doi: 10.5325/chaucerrev.54.3.0352.
    • Harvard: Australian:
      CROCKER, HA 2019, ‘W(h)ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale’, Chaucer Review, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 352–370, viewed 26 October 2020, .
    • MLA:
      CROCKER, HOLLY A. “W(h)Ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale.” Chaucer Review, vol. 54, no. 3, July 2019, pp. 352–370. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5325/chaucerrev.54.3.0352.
    • Chicago/Turabian: Humanities:
      CROCKER, HOLLY A. “W(h)Ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale.” Chaucer Review 54, no. 3 (July 2019): 352–70. doi:10.5325/chaucerrev.54.3.0352.
    • Vancouver/ICMJE:
      CROCKER HA. W(h)ither Feminism? Gender, Subjectivity, and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale. Chaucer Review [Internet]. 2019 Jul [cited 2020 Oct 26];54(3):352–70. Available from: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=hlh&AN=137156679