Vishnuvajjala Feminist Medievalisms

Embodiment and Vulnerability in Literature and Film
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80270-153-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 134 Seiten

Reihe: Arc Medievalist

This book examines feminist textual and cinematic engagements with the idea of the Middle Ages in the 19th and 20th centuries, arguing that the idea of the medieval past is central to the work of novelists and directors interested in embodiment and vulnerability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vishnuvajjala, Usha

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter One: Nested Medievalisms and Affected Bodies in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey Chapter Two: Feminism and Medievalism in Woolf’s Final Works Chapter Three: Medievalism as Feminist Sanctuary in the late Twentieth Century Chapter Four: Chaucer, Vulnerable Bodies, Somatophobia, and Theory Select Bibliography/Further Reading Index

Über Autor(innen)

Usha Vishnuvajjala is an Assistant Professor of English at SUNY–New Paltz. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and edited collections and she recently co-edited the volume Women’s Friendship in Medieval Literature (2022) with Karma Lochrie.