Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland
Description
Medieval Irish texts reveal distinctive and unexpected constructions of gender. Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland illuminates these ideas through its fresh and provocative re-readings of a wide range of texts, including saga, romance, legal texts, Fenian narrative, hagiography, and ecclesiastical verse.
Keywords
Social ScienceGender StudiesHistoryEuropeMedievalLiterary CriticismWomen's StudiesAncient & Classical
2013Book
Author(s)Sarah Sheehan
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230115255
LanguageEnglish
