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Autore |
Stodnick Jacqueline |
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Titolo |
A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Studies |
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ISBN |
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1-118-32881-7 |
1-78268-745-9 |
1-283-57414-4 |
9786613886590 |
1-118-32882-5 |
1-118-32884-1 |
1-118-32857-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Collana |
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Critical Theory Handbooks |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anglo-Saxons |
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon |
Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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"; |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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