Sheba's Daughters
Whitening and Demonizing the Saracen Woman in Medieval French Epic
1st Edition
Published on 13. May 2013
292 pages
978-1-134-82670-4 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring how the depiction of otherness or alterity during the Middle Ages became problematic in the aesthetics of the Romance epics written during the centuries of the Crusades, this book offers a vital contribution to the growing interest in the way foreign women are presented in the texts of the Latin West and will be of consuming interest to students in women's studies, cultural studies, and medieval literature.The texts considered are written in the major European languages of the time and range from the Song of Songs through Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Poetria Nova to such epics and romances as Erec et Enide,Doon de Maience, Fierabras, La Prise d'Orange, Ars Versificatoria, The Sowdone of Babylone, and Parzifal.
Reviews / Votes
"By applying the theories of postcolonial criticism, de Weever attempts to make clear the racist and imperialist biases of medieval epic poets. In so doing she both puts in relief the culturally loaded treatment of the Saracen princess in the works studied and raises important questions about the danger of projecting modern cultural concepts onto an ancient poetic form." -- Speculum-A Journal of Medieval StudiesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
19,09 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-82670-4 (9781134826704)
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Jacqueline de Weever
Sheba's Daughters
Whitening and Demonizing the Saracen Woman in Medieval French Epic
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Sheba's Daughters
Whitening and Demonizing the Saracen Woman in Medieval French Epic
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Content
Chapter 1 Whitening the Saracen: The Erasure of Alterity; Chapter 2 Demonizing the Saracen: The Inscription of the Monstrous Other; Chapter 3 Subversions of Treachery and the Beautiful Easterner; Chapter 4 Paradox and the Discourse of Protest; Chapter 5 Conclusion; Appendix Portraits and Translations; Bibliography Index;
