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

Megan Moore

Published by University of Toronto Press 2014

Exchanges in Exoticism

Cross-Cultural Marriage and the Making of the Mediterranean in Old French Romance

Megan Moore

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442661363

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Exchanges in Exoticism demonstrates how the process of cultural exchange – and empire building – extends well beyond our traditional assumptions about gender roles in the medieval Mediterranean.

Author / Editor information

Moore Megan :

Megan Moore is an assistant professor in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Missouri.

Reviews

Victoria Turner:

‘Moore maintains a highly accessible style. Her use of engaging examples make this study a pleasure to read, one which combines questions of hybridity, exchange, and gender in fruitful ways.’

Kristin Burr:

‘Moore offers a thought-provoking consideration of how identity is created and uncovers a shift in attitudes toward the Mediterranean over time….Scholars interested in questions of gender in Old French romance will find Exchanges in Exoticism well worth their time.’

Lynn Ramey, Department of French and Italian, Vanderbilt University:

“An important contribution to the field of Old French studies, Exchanges in Exoticism combines history and literature in a fruitful way.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Women and the Making of Mediterranean Identities in Cligès and Digenis Akritas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
2. Exchanging Exoticism: Narrating Mediterranean Nobility in Floire et Blancheflor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
3. Masculinities and the Geographies of Empire in Thirteenth-Century Incest Romances Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
4. Rewriting Mediterranean Gender and Power in Floriant et Florete Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Conclusion: Rereading the Intersections of the Mediterranean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 200

eBook

Published: January 27, 2014
ISBN: 9781442661363