Medieval History
Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World: The Idea of "the Middle Ages" Outside Europe
edited by Kathleen Davis and Nadia Altschul
Publisher's description: This fascinating study explores the intersection of postcolonial theory and medievalism. While the latter has traditionally been defined primarily in terms of European nationalism, the essays in this volume discuss medievalism in regions as wide?ranging as the United States, India, Latin America, and Africa. This innovative approach demonstrates the ways alternative conceptions of medieval and modern history can provide new insights into the idea of the Middle Ages and the origins and legacy of colonialism. Through diverse and thought?provoking essays, the contributors demonstrate that writing the Middle Ages has been key in colonial and postcolonial struggles over racial, ethnic, and territorial identity. They also argue that colonial medievalisms are crucial to understanding the history of entrenched temporal and political partitions, such as medieval/modern and East/West. The essays are divided into four sections that address a set of related questions raised by the literary and political intersections of medievalism and colonialism. Each section is followed by a response -- two are by postcolonial theorists and two by medievalists -- that carefully considers the essay's arguments and comments on its implications for the respondent's field of study. This volume is the first to bring medievalists and postcolonial scholars into conversation about the shared histories of their fields and the potential for mutual endeavor. Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World will both redirect scholarship in medievalism and inform approaches to temporality in postcolonial studies.
- Medievalism On The Margin Published
Volume 24 (2015) of Studies in Medievalism, entitled Medievalism on the Margin: Some Perspective(s), has just been published: The volume, edited by Karl Fugelso, Vincent Ferré, and Alicia C. Montoya, not only defines medievalism's...
- Richard Utz Reviews Medievalisms. Making The Past In The Present
Richard Utz recently reviewed Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl's Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present (New York: Routledge, 2013), for The Medieval Review. This coauthored volume may very well be the first book on medievalism(s)...
- Creole Medievalisms
A fascinating addition to the field of medievalism studies: Michelle R. Warren, Creole Medievalism. Colonial France and Joseph Bédier's Middle Ages. U of Minnesota P, 2010. The publisher summarizes: Probing the work of the once famous but little...
- Mass Market Medieval
Mass Market Medieval. Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture. Edited by David W. Marshall (215 pages; Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007). The 13 essays in this book explore the medieval invasion of today's media and...
- Postcolonizing The Medieval Image
Postcolonizing the Medieval Image Postgraduate Study Day Thursday 17 September 2009 10.00-17.00 School of Fine Art, University of Leeds Keynote Lecturer: Dr. Ananya Jahanara Kabir, co-editor of Postcolonial Approaches to the European Middle Ages Short...
Medieval History
Medievalism in the Postcolonial World, ed. Davis & Altschul
Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World: The Idea of "the Middle Ages" Outside Europeedited by Kathleen Davis and Nadia Altschul
Publisher's description: This fascinating study explores the intersection of postcolonial theory and medievalism. While the latter has traditionally been defined primarily in terms of European nationalism, the essays in this volume discuss medievalism in regions as wide?ranging as the United States, India, Latin America, and Africa. This innovative approach demonstrates the ways alternative conceptions of medieval and modern history can provide new insights into the idea of the Middle Ages and the origins and legacy of colonialism. Through diverse and thought?provoking essays, the contributors demonstrate that writing the Middle Ages has been key in colonial and postcolonial struggles over racial, ethnic, and territorial identity. They also argue that colonial medievalisms are crucial to understanding the history of entrenched temporal and political partitions, such as medieval/modern and East/West. The essays are divided into four sections that address a set of related questions raised by the literary and political intersections of medievalism and colonialism. Each section is followed by a response -- two are by postcolonial theorists and two by medievalists -- that carefully considers the essay's arguments and comments on its implications for the respondent's field of study. This volume is the first to bring medievalists and postcolonial scholars into conversation about the shared histories of their fields and the potential for mutual endeavor. Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World will both redirect scholarship in medievalism and inform approaches to temporality in postcolonial studies.
- Medievalism On The Margin Published
Volume 24 (2015) of Studies in Medievalism, entitled Medievalism on the Margin: Some Perspective(s), has just been published: The volume, edited by Karl Fugelso, Vincent Ferré, and Alicia C. Montoya, not only defines medievalism's...
- Richard Utz Reviews Medievalisms. Making The Past In The Present
Richard Utz recently reviewed Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl's Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present (New York: Routledge, 2013), for The Medieval Review. This coauthored volume may very well be the first book on medievalism(s)...
- Creole Medievalisms
A fascinating addition to the field of medievalism studies: Michelle R. Warren, Creole Medievalism. Colonial France and Joseph Bédier's Middle Ages. U of Minnesota P, 2010. The publisher summarizes: Probing the work of the once famous but little...
- Mass Market Medieval
Mass Market Medieval. Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture. Edited by David W. Marshall (215 pages; Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007). The 13 essays in this book explore the medieval invasion of today's media and...
- Postcolonizing The Medieval Image
Postcolonizing the Medieval Image Postgraduate Study Day Thursday 17 September 2009 10.00-17.00 School of Fine Art, University of Leeds Keynote Lecturer: Dr. Ananya Jahanara Kabir, co-editor of Postcolonial Approaches to the European Middle Ages Short...