Medieval Perceptions of Gender

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 18 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Nonconforming beyond the limitations of what's typically expected of men and women has been happening for many centuries. A part of history and tradition which, some might say, even crossed into religion. But focusing on the years 200–1400 C.E, how were non-binary identities defined? In this episode, Matt is joined by professor and author Leah Devin. Leah talks about their new book and the research surrounding it. Author of 'The Shape of Sex', they delve into the history of nonbinary sex, from its embrace in early Christianity to the attempted erasure at the turn of the thirteenth century.

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1:04.2	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval from History Hit I'm Matt Lewis I'm
1:09.0	delighted to be joined today by Professor Lea Devun of Rutgers University in
1:13.4	New Jersey to talk about their brand new book The Shape of Sex non-binary
1:18.1	gender from Genesis to the Renaissance and this book takes a look at the long
1:22.4	history of those who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories
1:27.4	focusing on the period between 200 and 1400 CE so right in our sweet spot
1:33.0	here thank you very much for joining us Lea thank you my pleasure so I guess my
1:37.4	first question is before we tackle the nitty gritty detail of this how should
1:42.6	we define non-binary identities and how should we differentiate between a
1:47.4	gender identity and a sex? When I start with a gender and sex difference
1:52.6	because it's so basic and also because it's so often misunderstood we tend to
1:57.8	talk about sex as sort of the biological the body stuff of it whereas we talk
2:04.2	about gender as a social practice or as someone's sort of internal feeling
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