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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521813476
ISBN-139780521813471
eBay Product ID (ePID)30212799
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Number of Pages346 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGender in the Early Medieval World : East and West, 300-900
Publication Year2004
SubjectAncient / Rome, Europe / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorJulia M. H. Smith
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2003-069751
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"The respective contributions are provocative and meaty, presenting a unity of interest unusual among such collections...The volume's contents are remarkable for the geographical extent of their material...Gender in the Early Middle Ages...is important reading for scholars of gender and medieval studies while its reconsideration of the legacy of antiquity makes it essential as well for readers interested in classical civilizations." -Carol Neel, Colorado College, Journal of Medieval Studies, "This book should be bought by all researchers itnerested in adding a gendered approach to their examinations of the Early Middle Ages (scholars on medieval ethnicity will find a lot to think about), as well as by all universities teaching undergraduate units on the Early Middle Ages." - Elizabeth Freeman, University of Tasmania, "The collection...examines a variety of issues regarding gender in history, literary representation, and archeology for early Byzantium, the Abbasid Empire, the Carolingian Empire and Anglo-Saxon England...Because many of the same themes are represented in two or more of the articles within the book, the collection comes across as a model of careful selection and coherence; very few article collections are so well integrated and balanced...Thus, archeologists and art historians as well as scholars of literature and history should find Gender in the Early Middle Ages an important contribution to their fields." Alexandra Cuffel, Macalester College, 'Gender in the Early Medieval World brings together a collection of sixteen essays that place gender at the centre of discussions about politics, economics, religious practices, family and life rituals, in addition to more obvious gender questions about individual identity. This list shows the collection engages with a wide range of topics, but more than that, it indicates the editors' convincing view that gender is not just about sexual identity. This collection of essays convincingly shows that the field of gender studies is a fruitful one.' The German History Society, "...many of the fine articles offer fresh appraocehs to well-defined historical problems. The authors use case studies to deconstruct the presentation of gender in the primary source material and, at the same time, to destabilize misleading assumptions of modern historiography." -Lisa M. Bitel, University of Southern California, '… a model of careful selection and coherence; very few article collections are so well integrated and balanced.' Alexandra Cuffel, Macalester College, '... a model of careful selection and coherence; very few article collections are so well integrated and balanced.' Alexandra Cuffel, Macalester College
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal305.3/094
Table Of Content1. Introduction Julia M. H. Smith; Part I. Gender in Late antique, Byzantine and Islamic Societies: 2. Gender and ethnicity in the early middle ages Walter Pohl; 3. Clothes maketh the man: power dressing and elite masculinity in the later roman world Mary Harlow; 4. Social transformation, gender transformation: the court eunuch, 300-900 Shaun Tougher; 5. Sex, lies and textuality: the secret history of Prokopios and the rhetoric of gender in sixth-century Byzantium Leslie Brubaker; 6. Romance and reality in the Byzantine brideshows Martha Vinson; 7. Men, women and slaves in Abbasid society Julia Bray; 8. Gender and politics in the harem of al-Muqtadir Nadia Maria El Cheikh; Part II. Gender in Germanic Studies: 9. Dressing conservatively: women's brooches as markers of ethnic identity? Bonnie Effros; 10. Gendering courts in the early medieval west Janet L. Nelson; 11. Men, women and liturgical practice in the early medieval west Gisela Muschiol; 12. Gender and the patronage of culture in Merovingian Gaul Yitzhak Hen; 13. Genealogy defined by women: the case of the Pippinids Ian Wood; 14. Brideshows revisited: praise, slander and exegesis in the reign of the Empress Judith Mayke de Jong; 15. 'What is the word if not semen?' Priestly bodies in Carolingian exegesis Lynda Coon; 16. Negotiating gender, family and status in Anglo-Saxon burial practices, c.600-950 Dawn Hadley; Index.
SynopsisGender analysis is one of the most probing ways to understand both power and cultural strategies in pre-industrial societies. In this book, sixteen scholars on the cutting edges of their disciplines explore the ideas and expressions of gender that characterised the centuries from c.300 to 900 in milieux ranging from York to Baghdad, via Rome and Constantinople. Deploying a variety of disciplines and perspectives, they draw on the evidence of material culture as well as texts to demonstrate the wide range of gender identities that informed the social, political and imaginary worlds of these centuries. The essays make clear that the fixed point in the gender systems of the period was constituted by the hegemonic masculinity of the ruling elite, marginalised groups often invisible as historical subjects in their own right were omnipresent in, and critical to, the gendered discourses which buttressed assertions of power., This book uses gender analysis to give students of early medieval European history a unique vision of society in the European civilisations of that period. By examining the changing patterns in gender, as evidenced by both written and material evidence, it probes the power and cultural strategies of the day., Using gender analysis to study power and culture between c. 300 and 900, this study examines the women, men and eunuchs who lived in the late Roman, Byzantine, Islamic and western European civilizations. It assesses the ways in which gender identity was established and manifested in written and material cultural forms, emphasizing the integral relationship between the masculine and feminine by exploring costume, attitudes to the body, social and political institutions and a wide range of literary genres.
LC Classification NumberHQ1075.5.E85 G46 200
