Constructing gender in medieval Ireland / edited by Sarah Sheehan and Ann Dooley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sheehan, Sarah, 1976- editor.

Dooley, Ann, 1943- editor.

Series:

New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

The new Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irish literature--Middle Irish, 1100-1550--History and criticism.

Gender identity in literature.

Gender identity.

Irish literature--Middle Irish.

Literature.

Irish literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 219 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Medieval Irish texts reveal distinctive: and unexpected constructions of gender. Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland illuminates these ideas through its fresh and provocative re-readings of a wide range of texts, including saga, romance, legal texts, Fenian narrative, hagiography, and ecclesiastical verse. This ground-breaking collection presents new research by emerging and established scholars, who explore a variety of perspectives on sexual difference in medieval Irish culture. The contributors examine the intersections of gender with narrative, visuality, law, speech acts, transgression, and performance-painting a compelling picture of the many ways in which authors and audiences conceptualized gender in medieval Ireland. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Travelers and Settled Folk: Women, Honor, and Shame in Medieval Ireland / Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha Dhonnchadha, Máirín Ní 17

2 Sex in the Civitas: Early Irish Intellectuals and Their Vision of Women / Catherine Swift Swift, Catherine 39

3 Looking for "Mr. Right" in Tochmarc Becfhola / Joanne Findon Findon, Joanne 57

4 Playing for Power: Macha Mongrúad's Sovereign Performance / Amy C. Mulligan Mulligan, Amy C. 75

5 Feasts for the Eyes: Visuality and Desire in the Ulster Cycle / Sarali Sheehan Sheehan, Sarali 95

6 They Kept Their Skirts On: Gender-Bending Motifs in Early Irish Hagiography / Judith L. Bishop Bishop, Judith L. 115

7 Human Frontiers in Medieval Irish Religious Literature / Jennifer Karyn Reid Reid, Jennifer Karyn 133

8 Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Late Medieval Irish Rómánsaíochtai / Giselle Gos Gos, Giselle 153

9 Speaking with Forked Tongues: Gender and Narrative in the Acallam / Ann Dooley Dooley, Ann 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230115255

023011525X

OCLC:

806013922