Medievalisms in a Global Age
Published on 9. July 2024
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-1-84384-703-8 (ISBN)
Description
Discusses contemporary medievalism in studies ranging from Brazil to West Africa, from Manila to New York.
Across the world, revivals of medieval practices, images, and tales flourish as never before. The essays collected here, informed by approaches from Global Studies and the critical discourse on the concept of a "Global Middle Ages", explore the many facets of contemporary medievalism: post-colonial responses to the enforced dissemination of Western medievalisms, attempts to retrieve pre-modern cultural traditions that were interrupted by colonialism, the tentative forging of a global "medieval" imaginary from the world's repository of magical tales and figures, and the deployment across borders of medieval imagery for political purposes. The volume is divided into two sections, dealing with "Local Spaces" and "Global Geographies". The contributions in the first consider a variety of medievalisms tied to particular places across a broad geography, but as part of a larger transnational medievalist dynamic. Those in the second focus on explicitly globalist medievalist phenomena whether concerning the projection of a particular medievalist trope across borders or the integration of "medieval" pasts from different parts of the globe in a contemporary incarnation of medievalism. A wide range of topics are addressed, from Japanese manga and Arthurian tales to The O-Trilogy of Maurice Gee, Camus, and Dungeons and Dragons.
Across the world, revivals of medieval practices, images, and tales flourish as never before. The essays collected here, informed by approaches from Global Studies and the critical discourse on the concept of a "Global Middle Ages", explore the many facets of contemporary medievalism: post-colonial responses to the enforced dissemination of Western medievalisms, attempts to retrieve pre-modern cultural traditions that were interrupted by colonialism, the tentative forging of a global "medieval" imaginary from the world's repository of magical tales and figures, and the deployment across borders of medieval imagery for political purposes. The volume is divided into two sections, dealing with "Local Spaces" and "Global Geographies". The contributions in the first consider a variety of medievalisms tied to particular places across a broad geography, but as part of a larger transnational medievalist dynamic. Those in the second focus on explicitly globalist medievalist phenomena whether concerning the projection of a particular medievalist trope across borders or the integration of "medieval" pasts from different parts of the globe in a contemporary incarnation of medievalism. A wide range of topics are addressed, from Japanese manga and Arthurian tales to The O-Trilogy of Maurice Gee, Camus, and Dungeons and Dragons.
Reviews / Votes
L'ouvrage inclut un index bienvenu, meme si les sujets tres vastes abordes tout au long des differents chapitres ne permettent finalement qu'assez peu de croisement des themes abordes. L'on notera toutefois que les differents auteurs font l'effort de tisser des liens notionnels entre plusieurs chapitres, ce qui permet d'approfondir la lecture en depassant la simple juxtaposition d'etudes ponctuelles. "(The book includes a welcome index, even though the broad topics addressed across the various chapters ultimately allow for relatively little thematic crossover. Nonetheless, it is worth noting that the different authors make an effort to weave conceptual connections between several chapters, enabling a deeper reading that moves beyond the mere juxtaposition of isolated case studies.) * MODERNITES MEDIEVALES * This important essay collection demonstrates how, in an interconnected world, medieval themes permeate global cultures, including those that have no medieval past in the European sense of the word. * CHOICE * One of the collection's important strengths emerges through its own connectivity. Editors Weisl and Squillace asked each contributor to "read and include some response to other chapters" in their own discussions. These intentional intersections serve to strengthen the importance of both seeing and expanding our conversations of global medievalism. As Guerra insists (perhaps with tongue in cheek), "There is something about the Middle Ages . . .", an assertion that I believe could easily generate a second volume of Medievalism in a Global Age. * STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE TEACHING * Between its helpful introduction and its enjoyable essays this volume has something for everyone, from seasoned medievalists to beginners seeking to become acquainted with medievalism's unstoppable capacity to be brought into conversation with distant places and times, describing our moment through the lens of the past. * THE NEW CHAUCER SOCIETY *
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
590 gr
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978-1-84384-703-8 (9781843847038)
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Persons
ANGELA JANE WEISL is Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Seton Hall University. ROBERT SQUILLACE is a Clinical Professor in Arts, Text, and Media and Educational Technology Liaison at New York University's School of Liberal Studies. Matthias D. Berger holds a PhD in English from the University of Bern and is currently training to be a teacher. ANNA CZARNOWUS is a Professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice. ANDREW B.R. ELLIOTT is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Lincoln. ROBERT SQUILLACE is a Clinical Professor in Arts, Text, and Media and Educational Technology Liaison at New York University's School of Liberal Studies. MINJIE SU is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Oslo. ANGELA JANE WEISL is Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Seton Hall University.
Content
Introduction: Medievalisms: Local Spaces and Global Geographies
Part I: Local Spaces
1. Metamorphosis Metamorphosed: Fox Daemon, (Anti-)Colonialism, and Global Medievalism in Ken Liu's 'Good Hunting' - Minjie Su
2. The Medievalist Simulacra of Kafka's The Castle in Graphic Adaptations - Elizabeth Allyn Woock
3. Mangaesque Knights: Japan's Path to Global Medievalism - Maxime Danesin & Manuel Hernandez-Perez
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Maurice Gee's The O Trilogy - Anna Czarnowus
5. Trading a Bow for a Machine Gun: Robin Hoods, Nationalism and the Personas of Philippine Politics - Stefanie Matabang
6. Tropical Templars? Medievalism and Pseudohistory in Brazil's Largest City - Luiz Guerra
7. Plague Temporality and Chronicle in Camus's La peste - Sara Torres
8. The Griot in Sunjata: A Paradigmatic Herald of an Afrofuturistic Messianic Age - Joseph Osei-Bonsu
9. Toward a Place-Based, North Pacific Medieval Studies: Medievalism, Pedagogy, Indigeneity - Daniel T. Kline
Part II: Global Geographies
10. Revolt: "Peasants" and Protest in the Twenty-First Century - Matthias D. Berger
11. "Taking a Step Back into the Thirteenth Century": Reading the Globe through a Medieval Lens: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo - Kara L. McShane
12. A Pinch of Flour, a Cup of Tall Tales, and one Khaleesi: Getting Medieval Across Time and Space - Meriem Pages
13. The Boys Are Back in Town: Capital One's Propagandic Commercials for Alt-Right Nostalgic Imperialism - Carol Robinson
14. Memes, Covid-19, and Global Medievalism - Andrew B.R. Elliott
15. Dichotomies of Arthurian Medievalism: Dismantling and Reinforcing the Status Quo - Rachael Warmington
16. Thor versus Juracan: Premodern Storm Gods and Goddesses in Popular Culture - Marian E. Polhill
17. Geo-mapping the In-Betweens: Medieval Daoist Correlatives in Pokemon Go - Anne Giblin Gedacht
18. Worldbuilding Dungeons and Befriending Dragons: How the Global TTRPG Community Combats Western Hegemony - Miranda Hajduk
19. Marrying Medievalism, Post-Apocalypse, and the Global in Digital Games - Emily Price
List of Contributors
Index
Part I: Local Spaces
1. Metamorphosis Metamorphosed: Fox Daemon, (Anti-)Colonialism, and Global Medievalism in Ken Liu's 'Good Hunting' - Minjie Su
2. The Medievalist Simulacra of Kafka's The Castle in Graphic Adaptations - Elizabeth Allyn Woock
3. Mangaesque Knights: Japan's Path to Global Medievalism - Maxime Danesin & Manuel Hernandez-Perez
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Maurice Gee's The O Trilogy - Anna Czarnowus
5. Trading a Bow for a Machine Gun: Robin Hoods, Nationalism and the Personas of Philippine Politics - Stefanie Matabang
6. Tropical Templars? Medievalism and Pseudohistory in Brazil's Largest City - Luiz Guerra
7. Plague Temporality and Chronicle in Camus's La peste - Sara Torres
8. The Griot in Sunjata: A Paradigmatic Herald of an Afrofuturistic Messianic Age - Joseph Osei-Bonsu
9. Toward a Place-Based, North Pacific Medieval Studies: Medievalism, Pedagogy, Indigeneity - Daniel T. Kline
Part II: Global Geographies
10. Revolt: "Peasants" and Protest in the Twenty-First Century - Matthias D. Berger
11. "Taking a Step Back into the Thirteenth Century": Reading the Globe through a Medieval Lens: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo - Kara L. McShane
12. A Pinch of Flour, a Cup of Tall Tales, and one Khaleesi: Getting Medieval Across Time and Space - Meriem Pages
13. The Boys Are Back in Town: Capital One's Propagandic Commercials for Alt-Right Nostalgic Imperialism - Carol Robinson
14. Memes, Covid-19, and Global Medievalism - Andrew B.R. Elliott
15. Dichotomies of Arthurian Medievalism: Dismantling and Reinforcing the Status Quo - Rachael Warmington
16. Thor versus Juracan: Premodern Storm Gods and Goddesses in Popular Culture - Marian E. Polhill
17. Geo-mapping the In-Betweens: Medieval Daoist Correlatives in Pokemon Go - Anne Giblin Gedacht
18. Worldbuilding Dungeons and Befriending Dragons: How the Global TTRPG Community Combats Western Hegemony - Miranda Hajduk
19. Marrying Medievalism, Post-Apocalypse, and the Global in Digital Games - Emily Price
List of Contributors
Index