Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland - 9780230115255

Medieval Irish texts reveal distinctive and unexpected constructions of gender. Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland illuminates these ideas through its fresh and provocative re-readings of a wide range of texts, including saga, romance, legal texts, Fenian narrative, hagiography, and ecclesiastical verse. This ground-breaking collection presents new research by emerging and established scholars, who explore a variety of perspectives on sexual difference in medieval Irish culture. The contributors examine the intersections of gender with narrative, visuality, law, speech acts, transgression, and performance - painting a compelling picture of the many ways in which authors and audiences conceptualized gender in medieval Ireland.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland
• Lingua: English
• Autori :  Sheehan Sarah (EDT) Dooley Ann (EDT)
• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Collana: Palgrave Macmillan (Hardcover)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 19 Novembre '13
• Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
• Argomenti :  Irish literature Middle Irish, 1100-1550 History and criticism Gender identity in literature
• Pagine: 219
• Dimensioni mm: 209 x 139 x 0
• ISBN-10: 023011525X
• EAN-13: 9780230115255