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Gender and Civic Harmony in Erasmusâ Senatulus (The Council of Women)
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The colloquy Senatulus (The Council of Women, 1529) depicts a group of women assembled in imitation of the female senate conducted by the mother of the emperor Heliogabalus. While the proclaimed goal is to correct gender inequality, they spend a disproportionate amount of time on seemingly trivial procedures of speaking and on matters of dress and etiquette. The colloquy seems another example of Erasmusâ ambiguous views on women, oscillating between clichés on female inferiority and advocacy for womenâs education. This essay revisits this elusive question of Erasmus and gender. First, a comparison with Erasmusâ discussion of Heliogabalusâ female senate in Lingua (1525) and a reflection on the gender-blurring figure of Heliogabalus reveal how Erasmus challenges deceptively simple gender biases (female speaking as garrulous and excessive concern with appearance and decorum). Next, I show that by exploiting the dialogical strategies of speaking together in a political or social body and by rethinking the regulation of dress and etiquette accordingly, Erasmus reframes the womanâs role in the social fabric to account for a gender diversity that benefits a well-functioning polis while avoiding excesses that threaten civic harmony.
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Gender and Civic Harmony in Erasmusâ Senatulus (The Council of Women)
in Erasmus StudiesSearch for other papers by Reinier Leushuis in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
The colloquy Senatulus (The Council of Women, 1529) depicts a group of women assembled in imitation of the female senate conducted by the mother of the emperor Heliogabalus. While the proclaimed goal is to correct gender inequality, they spend a disproportionate amount of time on seemingly trivial procedures of speaking and on matters of dress and etiquette. The colloquy seems another example of Erasmusâ ambiguous views on women, oscillating between clichés on female inferiority and advocacy for womenâs education. This essay revisits this elusive question of Erasmus and gender. First, a comparison with Erasmusâ discussion of Heliogabalusâ female senate in Lingua (1525) and a reflection on the gender-blurring figure of Heliogabalus reveal how Erasmus challenges deceptively simple gender biases (female speaking as garrulous and excessive concern with appearance and decorum). Next, I show that by exploiting the dialogical strategies of speaking together in a political or social body and by rethinking the regulation of dress and etiquette accordingly, Erasmus reframes the womanâs role in the social fabric to account for a gender diversity that benefits a well-functioning polis while avoiding excesses that threaten civic harmony.
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 408 | 149 | 5 |
| Gesamttextansichten | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| PDF-Downloads | 62 | 11 | 0 |
