Deployments of Whiteness: Affect, Materiality, and the Social in Late Medieval English Literature
- Author / Editor
- Kao, Wan-Chuan.
Deployments of Whiteness: Affect, Materiality, and the Social in Late Medieval English Literature
- Published
- DAI A71.04 (2010): n.p.
- Description
- Examines the use of whiteness in a variety of medieval works, arguing that being "white" is a mark not merely of ethnicity but also of Christianity, "beauty," and rank. Examples include mystery plays, "Pearl," and BD.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess.