Studies in Medievalism XXXIV

<b>The themes of tribalism and medievalism unite this wide-ranging collection of essays.</b><br><br><br>Essays address queer medievalisms in and around Gwen Lally's historical pageants and Radclyffe Hall's <i>The Well of Loneliness</i>; Robert Glück's 1994 novel <i>Margery Kempe</i>; and forms of gender tribalism in and around Josephine Butler's <i>Catharine of Siena: A Biography</i>. Gender is further explored alongside the central theme with surveys of tribal gendering of masculinity in C. S. Lewis's <i>Prince Caspian</i> and its film; tribalism in medievalist bandits beyond Robin Hood and his merry band; and tribal gendering of femininity in the films <i>Brave</i> and <i>Sleeping Beauty</i>. There are also contributions on colonialist tribalism in the staging of <i>Camelot </i>in Richard E. Grant's film <i>Wah-Wah;</i> nationalistic tribalism in German pride refracted through American frontier attitudes towards Native Americans; tribal perspectives of Native Americans in Guy Gavriel Kay's <i>Fionavar Tapestry</i>; the death of Optimus Prime in <i>Transformers: The Movie</i> as an act that stirs fans' tribal passions; and Carolingian legends as both reflecting and superseding tribal affiliations in twentieth-century America.