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Autore |
Oxenham Helen |
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Titolo |
Perceptions of femininity in early Irish society / / Helen Oxenham [[electronic resource]] |
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Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : , : The Boydell Press, , 2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Celtic history, , 0261-9865 ; ; XXXVI |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Ireland - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500 |
Femininity in literature |
Sex role - Ireland - History - To 1500 |
Femininity - Ireland - History - To 1500 |
History |
Ireland |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Perceptions of Femininity in Early Irish Society: An Introduction -- 2. The Feminine Norm -- 3. The Powerful Feminine -- 4. The Saintly Feminine -- 5. The Sinful Feminine -- 6. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Was femininity in early Irish society perceived as weak and sinful, innately inferior to masculinity? Was it seen as powerful and dangerous, a threat to the peace and tranquility of male society? Orwas there a more nuanced view, an understanding that femininity, or femininities, could be presented in a variety of ways according to the pragmatic concerns of the writer?<BR> This book examines the sources surviving from fifth- to ninth-century Ireland, aiming to offer a fresh view of authorial perceptions of the period. It seeks to highlight the complexities of those perceptions, the significance of authorial aims and purposes in the construction of femininity, and the potential disjunction between societal "reality" and the images presented to us in the sources. This careful analysis of a broad range of early Irish sources demonstrates how fluid constructions of gender could be, and |
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presents a new interpretation of the position of femininity in the thought world of early Irish authors. Helen Oxenham worked at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in Cambridge as supervisor and researcher on the Mapping Miracles project. She now works for The EnglishHeritage Trust. |
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