Race Class And Gender In Medieval Cinema

Download Race Class And Gender In Medieval Cinema full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Race Class And Gender In Medieval Cinema ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Race, Class, and Gender in "Medieval" Cinema

Author : L. Ramey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230603564
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Race, Class, and Gender in "Medieval" Cinema by : L. Ramey

Download or read book Race, Class, and Gender in "Medieval" Cinema written by L. Ramey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-02-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval film genre is not, in general, concerned with constructing a historically accurate past, but much analysis nonetheless centers on highlighting anachronisms. This book aims to help scholars and aficionados of medieval film think about how the re-creation of an often mythical past performs important cultural work for modern directors and viewers. The essays in this collection demonstrate that directors intentionally insert modern preoccupations into a setting that would normally be considered incompatible with these concepts. The Middle Ages provide an imaginary space far enough removed from the present day to explore modern preoccupations with human identity.

Race, Class, and Gender in "Medieval" Cinema

Author : L. Ramey
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781403974273
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (742 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Race, Class, and Gender in "Medieval" Cinema by : L. Ramey

Download or read book Race, Class, and Gender in "Medieval" Cinema written by L. Ramey and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval film genre is not, in general, concerned with constructing a historically accurate past, but much analysis nonetheless centers on highlighting anachronisms. This book aims to help scholars and aficionados of medieval film think about how the re-creation of an often mythical past performs important cultural work for modern directors and viewers. The essays in this collection demonstrate that directors intentionally insert modern preoccupations into a setting that would normally be considered incompatible with these concepts. The Middle Ages provide an imaginary space far enough removed from the present day to explore modern preoccupations with human identity.

Queer Movie Medievalisms

Author : Tison Pugh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351907123
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Queer Movie Medievalisms by : Tison Pugh

Download or read book Queer Movie Medievalisms written by Tison Pugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is history even possible, since it involves recapturing a past already lost? It is through this urge to understand, feel and experience, that films based on medieval history are made. They attempt to re-create the past, but can only do so through a queer re-visioning that inevitably replicates modernity. In these mediations between past and present, history becomes misty, and so, too, do constructions of gender and sexuality leading to the impossibility of heterosexuality, or of any sexuality, predicated upon cinematic medievalism. Queer Movie Medievalisms is the first book of its kind to grapple with the ways in which mediations between past and present, as registered on the silver screen, queerly undercut assumptions about sexuality throughout time. It will be of great interest to scholars of Gender and Sexuality, Cultural and Media Studies, Film Studies and Medieval History.

The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination

Author : Paul B. Sturtevant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786723573
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination by : Paul B. Sturtevant

Download or read book The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination written by Paul B. Sturtevant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often assumed that those outside of academia know very little about the Middle Ages. But the truth is not so simple. Non-specialists in fact learn a great deal from the myriad medievalisms - post-medieval imaginings of the medieval world - that pervade our everyday culture. These, like Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones, offer compelling, if not necessarily accurate, visions of the medieval world. And more, they have an impact on the popular imagination, particularly since there are new medievalisms constantly being developed, synthesised and remade. But what does the public really know? How do the conflicting medievalisms they consume contribute to their knowledge? And why is this important? In this book, the first evidence-based exploration of the wider public's understanding of the Middle Ages, Paul B. Sturtevant adapts sociological methods to answer these important questions. Based on extensive focus groups, the book details the ways - both formal and informal - that people learn about the medieval past and the many other ways that this informs, and even distorts, our present. In the process, Sturtevant also sheds light, in more general terms, onto the ways non-specialists learn about the past, and why understanding this is so important. The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination will be of interest to anyone working on medieval studies, medievalism, memory studies, medieval film studies, informal learning or public history.

United States of Medievalism

Author : Tison Pugh
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487525087
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis United States of Medievalism by : Tison Pugh

Download or read book United States of Medievalism written by Tison Pugh and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating collection explores America's appropriations and fabrications of the Middle Ages, revealing the nation's complicated love affair with a past it never had, but has created from history and imagination.

Historical Film

Author : Jonathan Stubbs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472520017
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Historical Film by : Jonathan Stubbs

Download or read book Historical Film written by Jonathan Stubbs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although precise definitions have not been agreed on, historical cinema tends to cut across existing genre categories and establishes an intimidatingly large group of films. In recent years, a lively body of work has developed around historical cinema, much of it proposing valuable new ways to consider the relationship between cinematic and historical representation. However, only a small proportion of this writing has paid attention to the issue of genre. In order to counter this omission, this book combines a critical analysis of the Hollywood historical film with an examination of its generic dimensions and a history of its development since the silent period. Historical Film: A Critical Introduction is concerned not simply with the formal properties of the films at hand, but also the ways in which they have been promoted, interpreted and discussed in relation to their engagement with the past.

A Companion to Arthurian Literature

Author : Helen Fulton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470672374
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Companion to Arthurian Literature by : Helen Fulton

Download or read book A Companion to Arthurian Literature written by Helen Fulton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature - from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur found in film and electronic media. Part of the popular series, Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, this expansive volume enables a fundamental understanding of Arthurian literature and explores why it is still integral to contemporary culture. Offers a comprehensive survey from the earliest to the most recent works Features an impressive range of well-known international contributors Examines contemporary additions to the Arthurian canon, including film and computer games Underscores an understanding of Arthurian literature as fundamental to western literary tradition

Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

Author : Susan Austin
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1648893317
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries by : Susan Austin

Download or read book Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries written by Susan Austin and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King Arthur we imagine did not exist in history. He is the result of stories told and retold, changed and added to by storytellers for centuries, each making the story reflect the storyteller’s time and values. The chapters in this book look at movies, manga, comic books, a television show, and traditional books released since 1960 to explore some of the ways King Arthur has been reimagined in the past 60 years. Interpreting Avalon High and The Kind Who Would Be King, Camelot 3000 and King Arthur vs. Dracula, Fate/Zero, John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, the influence of Arthurian legend on Harry Potter, Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King, John Boorman’s Excalibur, Jerry Zucker’s First Knight, Antoine Fuqua’s King Arthur, Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword, Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, Iris Murdoch’s The Time of the Angels, and the BBC series Merlin, the authors find that while we are still interested in the idea of King Arthur, we may also want his story to be more racially and gender inclusive, less elitist, and in some cases, more secular.

The King’s Bishops

Author : E. Crosby
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137352124
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The King’s Bishops by : E. Crosby

Download or read book The King’s Bishops written by E. Crosby and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-04 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first detailed comparative study of patronage as an instrument of power in the relations between kings and bishops in England and Normandy after the Conquest. Esteemed medievalist Everett U. Crosby considers new perspectives of medieval state-building and the vexed relations between secular and ecclesiastical authority.

Americanization of History

Author : Kathleen McDonald
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443826243
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Americanization of History by : Kathleen McDonald

Download or read book Americanization of History written by Kathleen McDonald and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays searches for how history and literature translate into filmic texts that then reflect the time and place of the translation. Major motion pictures as well as television movies and series are the sites of this exploration. The opening essay surveys what films tell us it means to be set in a medieval time, while the second looks at one of the most powerful movie studios since the earliest days of movie-making, Walt Disney Studios. The second section investigates classic Americana by delving specifically into the hegemonic power of Walt Disney Studios, by considering the union between the American pastime of baseball and the great white way of Broadway, and by discovering the constantly morphing relationship of the icons of the Wild West. Section three looks at characters living outside of roles considered socially appropriate in their world: vampire slayers, mobsters, and those with multiple personalities. The fourth section studies how present-day mores of power and beauty control revisions of historically-based stories through issues of vengeance, race, sexuality, and the notion of beauty itself. The final section takes up the question of what it means to historicize the present moment, and analyzes the current period via a very popular and long-running show’s depiction of sexuality as accepted or rejected within a paradigm that appears not merely to tolerate, but actively to promote, deviance. The last essay questions the very concepts of time and history themselves. The articles do not reach one conclusion regarding this topic, but instead provide a variety of perspectives which help to theorize the issue for the discerning reader.

From Medievalism to Early-Modernism

Author : Marina Gerzic
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429683006
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis From Medievalism to Early-Modernism by : Marina Gerzic

Download or read book From Medievalism to Early-Modernism written by Marina Gerzic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Medievalism to Early-Modernism: Adapting the English Past is a collection of essays that both analyses the historical and cultural medieval and early modern past, and engages with the medievalism and early-modernism—a new term introduced in this collection—present in contemporary popular culture. By focusing on often overlooked uses of the past in contemporary culture—such as the allusions to John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi (1623) in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, and the impact of intertextual references and internet fandom on the BBC’s The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses—the contributors illustrate how cinematic, televisual, artistic, and literary depictions of the historical and cultural past not only re-purpose the past in varying ways, but also build on a history of adaptations that audiences have come to know and expect. From Medievalism to Early-Modernism: Adapting the English Past analyses the way that the medieval and early modern periods are used in modern adaptations, and how these adaptations both reflect contemporary concerns, and engage with a history of intertextuality and intervisuality.

The Letters of Heloise and Abelard

Author : M. McLaughlin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230101879
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Letters of Heloise and Abelard by : M. McLaughlin

Download or read book The Letters of Heloise and Abelard written by M. McLaughlin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here for the first time in Mart Martin McLaughlin's edition is the complete correspendence with commentary.

Saint Margaret, Queen of the Scots

Author : C. Keene
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137035641
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Saint Margaret, Queen of the Scots by : C. Keene

Download or read book Saint Margaret, Queen of the Scots written by C. Keene and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret, saint and 11th-century Queen of the Scots, remains an often-cited yet little-understood historical figure. Keene's analysis of sources in terms of both time and place – including her Life of Saint Margaret , translated for the first time – allows for an informed understanding of the forces that shaped this captivating woman.

Visual Power and Fame in René d'Anjou, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Black Prince

Author : S. Gertz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230106536
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Visual Power and Fame in René d'Anjou, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Black Prince by : S. Gertz

Download or read book Visual Power and Fame in René d'Anjou, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Black Prince written by S. Gertz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading semiotically against the backdrop of medieval mirrors of princes, Arthurian narratives, and chronicles, this study examines how René d Anjou (1409-1480), Geoffrey Chaucer s House of Fame (ca. 1375-1380), and Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) explore fame s visual power. While very different in approach, all three individuals reject the classical suggestion that fame is bestowed and understand that particularly in positions of leadership, it is necessary to communicate effectively with audiences in order to secure fame. This sweeping study sheds light on fame s intoxicating but deceptively simple promise of elite glory.

Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages

Author : M. Shadis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230103138
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages by : M. Shadis

Download or read book Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages written by M. Shadis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women in the family which ruled thirteenth-century Castile used maternity, familial and political strategy, and religious and cultural patronage to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. Leonor of England, and her daughters Blanche of Castile (queen of France), Urraca (queen of Portugal), Costanza (a Cistercian nun of Las Huelgas) and Leonor, (queen of Aragon) provide the context for a study focusing on Berenguela of Castile, queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance, whose most significant accomplishment was to enable the successful rule of her son Fernando.

Medievalism, Multilingualism, and Chaucer

Author : M. Davidson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230102042
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Medievalism, Multilingualism, and Chaucer by : M. Davidson

Download or read book Medievalism, Multilingualism, and Chaucer written by M. Davidson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In new readings of medieval language attitudes and identities, this book concludes that multilingualism informed masculinist discourses, which were aligned against the vernacular sentiment traditionally attributed to Langland and Chaucer.

Francis of Assisi and His “Canticle of Brother Sun” Reassessed

Author : B. Moloney
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137361697
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Francis of Assisi and His “Canticle of Brother Sun” Reassessed by : B. Moloney

Download or read book Francis of Assisi and His “Canticle of Brother Sun” Reassessed written by B. Moloney and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing the skills of a literary historian to the subject, Brian Moloney considers the genesis of Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of Brother Sun to show how it works as a carefully composed work of art. The study examines the saint's life and times, the structure of the poem, the features of its style, and the range of its possible meanings.