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Autore: | Stodnick Jacqueline |
Titolo: | A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Studies |
Pubblicazione: | Chicester, : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina: | 829.09 |
942.01 | |
Soggetto topico: | Anglo-Saxons |
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon | |
Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 |
Altri autori: | TrillingRenée |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Studies |
ISBN: | 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 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910677404403321 |
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