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Milk & Blood: Gender and Genealogy in the 'Chanson De Geste'

Milk & Blood: Gender and Genealogy in the 'Chanson De Geste'


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This wide-ranging and provocative study focuses on the importance of the mother in the genealogical and social frameworks of the Old French and Occitan chanson de geste. The masculine dominance of these narratives of warfare and conflict is questioned, reassessed, and redefined, as the complexity and significance of the maternal character is revealed through the study of a contrasting range of epic texts, with Raoul de Cambrai providing a key focus. The study draws upon medieval theological and scientific doctrine and modern psychoanalytic and feminist theory, especially the works of Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, and Jaques Lacan, to illuminate the tensions and ambiguities consistently inherent in the perception of the mother and the maternal body. Authority, continuation, violence, and death are key topics, revealing the problematic nature of gender roles and their relation to the structures of power that shape both medieval society and epic narrative.

Table of Contents:
Contents: The influence of contemporary histoire des mentalites on the depiction of the maternal in 12th- and 13th-century French and Occitan chansons de geste - The depiction of paternal and maternal gender roles and their relative significance in the genealogical matrix of the chansons - Key texts are La Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne, Berte as grans pies, Ami et Amile, Raoul de Cambrai, and Daurel et Beton.

About the Author :
The Author: Finn Sinclair received her Ph.D. in Medieval French literature and history from the University of Edinburgh in 1996. She has held posts at the Universities of Strathclyde, Cambridge and Hawaii, and is currently Honorary Research Fellow in French at the University of Glasgow.

Review :
Das Werk ist ein ueberzeugendes Beispiel fuer die kreative Kraft einer feministischen Mediaevistik, die lange ueberlesene Botschaften aus alten Zeiten wieder zutage befoerdert. (Bea Lundt, Romanische Forschungen)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783906769738
  • Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
  • Publisher Imprint: Verlag Peter Lang
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Gender and Genealogy in the 'Chanson De Geste'
  • Width: 150 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3906769739
  • Publisher Date: 28 Jul 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 220 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 449 gr


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