Beauty and the Beast and the Little Boy: Clues about the Origins of Sexism and Racism from Folklore and Literature: Chaucer's 'The Prioress's Tale', 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', the Alliterative 'Morte Arthure', Webster's 'The Duchess of Malfi', Sha

Author / Editor
Rice, Nancy Hall.

Title
Beauty and the Beast and the Little Boy: Clues about the Origins of Sexism and Racism from Folklore and Literature: Chaucer's 'The Prioress's Tale', 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', the Alliterative 'Morte Arthure', Webster's 'The Duchess of Malfi', Sha

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 36 (1975): 875A.

Description
The mistaken belief that sin was connected with death and sexuality led to the need to find a scapegoat. The result was virulence against women, Jews, or other denigrated casts. The virulence of the dominant group against the Jews in PrT can be explained as psychosexual.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.