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Books and Edited Collections by Amy S Kaufman

Research paper thumbnail of The Devil's Historians: How Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past (University of Toronto Press, 2020)

In this short and timely book, Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in whi... more In this short and timely book, Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promote discrimination, oppression, and murder. Tracing the fetish for “medieval times” behind toxic ideologies like nationalism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and white supremacy, Kaufman and Sturtevant show us that the Middle Ages have been twisted for political purposes ever since they came to a close.

Research paper thumbnail of Arthuriana 25.4: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Sklar

Research paper thumbnail of The Year's Work in Medievalism 24

Peer-Reviewed Articles by Amy S Kaufman

Research paper thumbnail of Liberating Guinevere: Female Desire on Film

Medieval Women on Film: Essays on Gender, Cinema, and History, 2020

Cinematic Guineveres reflect the gender anxieties of their historical moments.

Research paper thumbnail of Malory and Gender

A New Companion to Malory, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Fabliaux

Encyclopedia of Medieval British Literature, 2017

Once thought to be a low literary form and the provenance of peasants and churls, the medieval fa... more Once thought to be a low literary form and the provenance of peasants and churls, the medieval fabliau – a short, comic tale of sex, scatological humor, and social satire – has come to be recognized for its complexity and depth. Chaucer's Middle English fabliaux in particular are respected as some of medieval literature's most artistic and most enjoyable creations

Research paper thumbnail of Muscular Medievalism

The Year's Work in Medievalism, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Erotic (Subject) Positions in Chaucer’s Merchant’s Tale.

Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain. Eds. Amanda Hopkins, Robert Allen Rouse, and Cory James Rushton. Cambridge, UK: Boydell and Brewer, Aug 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Touching Arthur

Introductory Essay for Arthuriana 25.4: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Sklar. Head over to Arthuria... more Introductory Essay for Arthuriana 25.4: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Sklar. Head over to Arthuriana.org and check out the whole issue!

Research paper thumbnail of Purity

Medievalism: Key Critical Terms, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of “For This was Drawyn by a Knyght Presoner": Sir Thomas Malory and the Confined Body.

Prison Narratives from Boethius to Zana. Ed. Philip Edward Phillips. New York, Palgrave Macmillan., Jul 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Lowering the Drawbridge

The Year's Work in Medievalism, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Our Future is Our Past: Corporate Medievalism in Dystopian Fiction.

Studies in Medievalism, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of "His Princess": An Arthurian Family Drama.

Research paper thumbnail of In the Shadows of Rome: Building an Arthurian England.

Research paper thumbnail of Medieval Unmoored.

Studies in Medievalism 19, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Guenevere Burning.

Research paper thumbnail of Anxious Medievalism: An American Romance.

The Year's Work in Medievalism 22, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of The Law of the Lake: Malory’s Sovereign Lady.

Research paper thumbnail of Between Women: Desiring Damsels in Malory’s "Alexander the Orphan."

Research paper thumbnail of The Devil's Historians: How Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past (University of Toronto Press, 2020)

In this short and timely book, Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in whi... more In this short and timely book, Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promote discrimination, oppression, and murder. Tracing the fetish for “medieval times” behind toxic ideologies like nationalism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and white supremacy, Kaufman and Sturtevant show us that the Middle Ages have been twisted for political purposes ever since they came to a close.

Research paper thumbnail of Arthuriana 25.4: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Sklar

Research paper thumbnail of The Year's Work in Medievalism 24

Research paper thumbnail of Liberating Guinevere: Female Desire on Film

Medieval Women on Film: Essays on Gender, Cinema, and History, 2020

Cinematic Guineveres reflect the gender anxieties of their historical moments.

Research paper thumbnail of Malory and Gender

A New Companion to Malory, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Fabliaux

Encyclopedia of Medieval British Literature, 2017

Once thought to be a low literary form and the provenance of peasants and churls, the medieval fa... more Once thought to be a low literary form and the provenance of peasants and churls, the medieval fabliau – a short, comic tale of sex, scatological humor, and social satire – has come to be recognized for its complexity and depth. Chaucer's Middle English fabliaux in particular are respected as some of medieval literature's most artistic and most enjoyable creations

Research paper thumbnail of Muscular Medievalism

The Year's Work in Medievalism, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Erotic (Subject) Positions in Chaucer’s Merchant’s Tale.

Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain. Eds. Amanda Hopkins, Robert Allen Rouse, and Cory James Rushton. Cambridge, UK: Boydell and Brewer, Aug 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Touching Arthur

Introductory Essay for Arthuriana 25.4: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Sklar. Head over to Arthuria... more Introductory Essay for Arthuriana 25.4: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Sklar. Head over to Arthuriana.org and check out the whole issue!

Research paper thumbnail of Purity

Medievalism: Key Critical Terms, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of “For This was Drawyn by a Knyght Presoner": Sir Thomas Malory and the Confined Body.

Prison Narratives from Boethius to Zana. Ed. Philip Edward Phillips. New York, Palgrave Macmillan., Jul 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Lowering the Drawbridge

The Year's Work in Medievalism, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Our Future is Our Past: Corporate Medievalism in Dystopian Fiction.

Studies in Medievalism, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of "His Princess": An Arthurian Family Drama.

Research paper thumbnail of In the Shadows of Rome: Building an Arthurian England.

Research paper thumbnail of Medieval Unmoored.

Studies in Medievalism 19, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Guenevere Burning.

Research paper thumbnail of Anxious Medievalism: An American Romance.

The Year's Work in Medievalism 22, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of The Law of the Lake: Malory’s Sovereign Lady.

Research paper thumbnail of Between Women: Desiring Damsels in Malory’s "Alexander the Orphan."

Research paper thumbnail of Medieval History and Modern Hate

University of Toronto Press Blog, 2020

http://blog.utorontopress.com/2020/08/27/kaufman-medieval-history-and-modern-hate/

Research paper thumbnail of Chivalry isn't dead. But it should be.

The Washington Post, 2018

The Medieval Defense of Brett Kavanaugh.

Research paper thumbnail of Gender, Sexism, and the Middle Ages: No More Fairy Tales

The Public Medievalist, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of The Birth of a National Disgrace: Medievalism and the KKK

The Public Medievalist, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of A Tale of Two Europes: Jews in the Medieval World

The Public Medievalist, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Anti-Semitism is Older Than You Think

The Public Medievalist, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of To Russia, with Love: Courting a New Crusade

The Public Medievalist, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of A Brief History of a Terrible Idea: The "Dark Enlightenment"

The Public Medievalist, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Is there a dark side to shows like Game of Thrones?

Interview with WMOT Roots Radio (July 2016)

Research paper thumbnail of Dark Revivals: Medievalism and ISIS

The Public Medievalist, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Medievalism and Fundamentalism in the Twenty-First Century.

Research paper thumbnail of “And that one Talent which is death to hide”: Volksgeist and Arya Stark

ISSM Cloud Conference, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Gender in the Middle Ages: Beyond Binaries.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Medievalism: A Special Issue of the European Journal of English Studies, ed. Ute Berns and Andrew James Johnston, 15.2

Medievally Speaking, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Mass Market Medieval, ed. David Marshall

Medievally Speaking, Aug 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Jill M. Hebert, Morgan le Fay, Shapeshifter. (Arthurian and Courtly Cultures.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Pp. viii, 230. $85. ISBN: 978-1-137-02264-6

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Vision and Gender in Malory’s Morte Darthur by Molly R. Martin. The Medieval Review

The Medieval Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Review of The Girl’s King Arthur: Tales of the Women of Camelot by Barbara Tepa Lupak

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Ordering Chaos: The Self and the Cosmos in Twelfth-Century Latin Prosimetrum by Bridget K. Balint

Carmina Philosophiae: Journal of the International Boethius Society, 2011