Folk-Justice in the Early Modern Period: Charivari and Community Violence.
Abstracts are invited for 20-minute papers to be presented at an approved
session of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and
Renaissance Association, "The Presence of the Past," University of Las
Vegas, May 23-25th, 2002.
The term "charivari" designates a whole host of cultural practices which
can be loosely understood as extra-judicial actions undertaken by a
community to enforce conformity with perceived socio-sexual
standards. Such practices include, but are not limited to, skimmingtons,
rough music, rough ridings, cuckstools, the stocks, May Day celebrations,
and apprentice holidays. This session will focus on the various roles that
such rituals of community sanctioned violence played in the formation of or
resistance to various culturally constructed identities. Papers are
particularly welcome which address the ways in which such practices remain
connected with the contemporary world.
Please submit abstracts (mail or email) by February 28th, 2002 to:
Gareth M. Euridge
Dept. of English
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023
(740) 587 5741
euridge@denison.edu
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