Men and Masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders

Name: Men and Masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders
Brand: OXFORD UNIV PR
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By Evans, Gareth Lloyd

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This volume is the first book-length study of masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders. Spanning the entire corpus of the Sagas of Icelandersand taking into account a number of little-studied sagas as well as the more well-known worksit comprehensively interrogates the construction, operation, and problematization of masculinities in this genre. Men and Masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders elucidates the dominant model of masculinity that operates in the sagas, demonstrates how masculinities and masculine characters function within these texts, and investigates the means by which the sagas, and saga characters, may subvert masculine dominance. Combining close literary analysis with insights drawn from sociological theories of hegemonic and subordinated masculinities, notions of homosociality and performative gender, and psychoanalytic frameworks, the book brings to men and masculinities in saga literature the same scrutiny traditionally brought to the study of women and femininities. Ultimately, the volume demonstrates that masculinity is not simply glorified in the sagas, but is represented as being both inherently fragile and a burden to all characters, masculine and non-masculine alike.

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Number of Pages:: 188
Release Date:: 2019-03-17
Publication Date:: 2019-03-17
Publisher:: OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0198831242
ISBN13:: 9780198831242
Weight:: 375 g
Height:: 145 cm
Width:: 222 cm
Thickness:: 14 cm

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