Exchanges in Exoticism

Cross-Cultural Marriage and the Making of the Mediterranean in Old French Romance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Charting important new territory within medieval gender studies, Megan Moore explores the vital role that women played in transmitting knowledge and empire within Mediterranean cross-cultural marriages. Whereas cross-cultural exchange has typically been understood through the lens of male-centered translation work, this study, which is grounded in the relations between the west and Byzantium, examines cross-cultural marriage as a medium of literary and cultural exchange, one in which women's work was equally important as men’s. Moore's readings of Old French and Medieval Greek texts reveal the extent to which women challenged the cultures into which they married and shaped their new courtly environments. Through the lens of medieval gender and postcolonial theory, Exchanges in Exoticism demonstrates how the process of cultural exchange – and empire building – extends well beyond our traditional assumptions about gender roles in the medieval Mediterranean.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-02-07
Mått:160 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781442644694

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Megan Moore is an assistant professor in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Missouri.

Recensioner i media

‘Moore offers a thought-provoking consideration of how identity is created and uncovers a shift in attitudes toward the Mediterranean over time….Scholars interested in questions of gender in Old French romance will find Exchanges in Exoticism well worth their time.’- Kristin Burr (Medieval Feminist Forum, vol 50:01:2014) ‘Moore maintains a highly accessible style. Her use of engaging examples make this study a pleasure to read, one which combines questions of hybridity, exchange, and gender in fruitful ways.’- Victoria Turner (Modern Language Review vol 110:02:2015)

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: Women and the Making of Mediterranean Identities in CligÈs and Digenis AkritasChapter Two: Exchanging Exoticism: Narrating Religious Difference and the Multiple Mediterraneans in Floire et BlancheflorChapter Three: Masculinities and the Geographies of Empire in Thirteenth Century Incest RomancesChapter Four: Masculinity and the New Mediterranean in Floriant et FloreteConclusion: Rereading the Intersections of the MediterraneanBibliographyIndex