
The Cold Counsel
The Women in Old Norse Literature and Myth
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
322 pages
978-1-138-99146-0 (ISBN)
Description
Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure and ideology in medieval Iceland.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
469 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-99146-0 (9781138991460)
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Persons
Sarah M. Anderson teaches in the Department of English at Princeton University, and Karen Swenson teaches at Virginia Tech University.
Content
Women and Insults in Old Norse Literature, Zoe Borovsky Hildigunnr's Lament,Carol J. Clover Women's Voices in Old Norse Literature: The Case of Trojummana Saga, Randi Eldevik Taming the Shrew: The Rise of the Patriarchy and the Subjection of the Feminine in Old Norse Literature, Helga Kress The Re-emergence of Women's Voices in Icelandic Literature, Shaun F. D. Hughes Vikings Westward to Vinland: The Problem of Women, Jenny Jochens Gender, Class, and Discourse in Prymskvida, Jon Karl Helgason Fathers, Mothers, and Daughters, Marianne E. Kalinke A Good Day's Work: Laxdoela Saga , Ch. 49, Jonna Louis-Jensen Women's Counsel in the Riddarasoegur: The Case of Parcevals Saga, F. Regina Psaki The Woman Who Knows: Female Characters of Eyrbyggja Saga, Forrest S. Scott Male Bonding, Female Body: The Absenting of Women in Bisclaretz liod, Kerry Shea Ambiguously Gendered: The Skalds Jorunn, Audr and Steinunn, Sandra Ballif Straubhaar Women Outside: Discourse of Community in Havamal, Karen Swenson Saga World and Nineteenth-Century Iceland: The Case of Women Farmers, Torunn Sigurdardottir Contributors