1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00007989

Titolo

2: America / [a cura di] Iván C. Ibán

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Padova, : Cedam, 1989

ISBN

88-13-16683-4

Descrizione fisica

XI, 311 p. ; 24 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Molteplice

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911028671903321

Titolo

A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Studies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicester, : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

9786613886590

9781118328811

1118328817

9781782687450

1782687459

9781283574143

1283574144

9781118328828

1118328825

9781118328842

1118328841

9781118328576

1118328574

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Critical Theory Handbooks

Classificazione

233.035

942.01

Altri autori (Persone)

TrillingRenée

Disciplina

829.09

942.01

Soggetti

Anglo-Saxons

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon

Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Studies; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; References; 1 Borders; Translating Meaning; Traces of the Past; Mark My Words; Outer Limits; Crossing into Life; In Medias Res; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 2 Disability; The Body of Evidence; Defining Disability: Methods and Approaches; The Language of Disability; Disabling Rights; Conclusion; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 3 Gender; Gender and Militancy; The Female Warrior, Past and Present; Finding the Female Body

Heroic Bodies in DistressThe Nature of Militancy; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources and select theoretical texts; 4 Hegemony; Notes; References and Further Reading; Primary source; Secondary sources; 5 Historicism; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 6 Law and Justice; "What Seems Most Just to You"; The Demands of the Text; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 7 Literacy; The Opposite of Literacy; From Writing to Literacy; Observing Literacy: The Grammar of Legibility; Observing Literacy: The Book as the World; Notes; References

8 MasculinityApproaches to Masculinity in Anglo-Saxon England; Manufacturing Swords, Making Men; Possessing Swords, Acquiring Status; Adorning and Protecting Swords; Deposition of Swords and the Re-creation of Masculinity; The Victims of Swords and the Destruction of Masculinity; Conclusions; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 9 Media; What Are Media? Some Definitions Disguised as Maxims; Desiring and Denying Communication: Media in "The Husband's Message"; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 10 Postcolonial; Postcolonial Theory and Anglo-Saxon England

NotesReferences; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 11 Race and Ethnicity; Overview; Race, Language, and Culture; Literary Criticism and Race; Note; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 12 Sex and Sexuality; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 13 Space and Place; Space and Romance; The Spaces and Places of Andreas: The Middle World; The Spaces and Places of Andreas: The Lower World; The Spaces and Places of Andreas: The Upper World; Place and the Subject; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 14 Time; Memory and Archive

Permanence and IndividuationMovements of Conversion; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 15 Violence; Introduction; The Disorder/Order Dyad and Sexual Violence; The Exeter Book Riddles and Sexual Violence; Conclusion; Notes; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 16 Visual Culture; What Is Visual Culture?; Significance for Anglo-Saxon Studies; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 17 Women; Notes; References and Further Reading; Primary sources; Secondary sources; 18 Writing; References; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reflecting the profound impact of critical theory on the study of the humanities, this collection of original essays examines the texts and artifacts of the Anglo-Saxon period through key theoretical terms such as 'ethnicity' and 'gender'. Explores the interplay between critical theory and Anglo-Saxon studiesTheoretical framework will appeal to specialist



scholars as well as those new to the fieldIncludes an afterword on the value of the dialogue between Anglo-Saxon studies and critical theory