Exchanges in Exoticism : : Cross-Cultural Marriage and the Making of the Mediterranean in Old French Romance /

Exchanges in Exoticism : : Cross-Cultural Marriage and the Making of the Mediterranean in Old French Romance / / Megan Moore.

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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 t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package 2014-2016
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Moore, Megan,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2014
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Women and the Making of Mediterranean Identities in Cligès and Digenis Akritas
  • 2. Exchanging Exoticism: Narrating Mediterranean Nobility in Floire et Blancheflor
  • 3. Masculinities and the Geographies of Empire in Thirteenth-Century Incest Romances
  • 4. Rewriting Mediterranean Gender and Power in Floriant et Florete
  • Conclusion: Rereading the Intersections of the Mediterranean
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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