Medievalists contribute to the ongoing questioning of the definition of gender as a category. Their topics include multiple performances of male virginity in Anglo-Saxon saints' lives, gender and sanctity in 13th-century Liège, St. Margaret's transgressive body and its audience, deschi da parto and topsy-turvy gender relations in 15th-century Italian households, and self-representation in Laura Cereta's letters. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)