Figuring the feminine : the rhetoric of female embodiment in medieval Hispanic literature /

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Figuring the Feminine examines the female body as a means of articulating questions of literary authority and practice within the cultural spheres of the Iberian Peninsula (both Romance and Semitic) as well as in the larger Latinate literary culture. It demonstrates the centrality in medieval litera...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ross, Jill, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Romance
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
To 1500
Geschichte 500-1500.
Spanish literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Body image in literature.
Littérature espagnole > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Identité de genre dans la littérature.
Schéma corporel dans la littérature.
Image du corps dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Body image in literature
Gender identity in literature
Spanish literature
Women in literature
Altspanische Literatur > Motiv > Geschlechtsrolle.
Geschlechtsrolle > Motiv > Altspanische Literatur.
Altspanische Literatur > Motiv > Frauenkörper.
Frauenkörper > Motiv > Altspanische Literatur.
Literatur.
Spanisch.
Frau.
Motiv (Literatur)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Carnal knowledge: metaphor, allegory, and the embodiment of truth
  • Dynamic writing and martyrs' bodies in Prudentius's Peristephanon
  • Macho words: writing, violence, and gender in the Poema de mio Cid
  • The metaphorics of Mary: language and embodiment in Berceo's Milagros de Nuestra Señora
  • Undressing the Libra de buen amor
  • Configuring culture: writing the hybrid in Shem Tov of Carrión
  • Conclusion.

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