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Judy at the Kinkakuji temple in Kyoto, Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Director emerita, University of Florida Language Learning Center 1993-2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (1978) in French and Medieval Studies, Cornell University; member of the Phud<\/a>s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UF Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation, Marie de France’s Lais<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online readings from Marie’s Lanval <\/em>at King Arthur Aloud<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quest of the Holy Grail<\/a>, trans. & edited with really good supplements for teaching! Available now for your classes! Also, a guide to some medieval illustrations of the Quest <\/em>in a blog for Broadview Press.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Information about Japanese dolls<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Queer Dress and Biased Eyes: The Japanese Doll on the Western Toyshelf,” Journal of Popular Culture<\/em><\/a> 43.1 (2010) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Girls\u2019 Day for Um\u00e9: Western Perceptions of the Hina Matsuri, 1874-1937,” in Dolls Studies: The Many Meanings of Girls\u2019 Toys and Play, <\/em>ed. Miriam Forman-Brunell & Jennifer Dawn Whitney  <\/em>(Mediated Youth 1<\/a>9, Peter Lang 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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