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Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, And The Middle Ages
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
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Description for Of Giants: Sex, Monsters, And The Middle Ages
Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 235 pages, 5 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ABA; 2ABC; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Considers what monsters tell us about identity in the medieval period.
A monster lurks at the heart of medieval identity, and this book seeks him out. Reading a set of medieval texts in which giants and dismemberment figure prominently, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen brings a critical psychoanalytic perspective to bear on the question of identity formation-particularly masculine identity-in narrative representation. The giant emerges here as an intimate stranger, a monster who stands at the limits of selfhood.
Arguing that in the romance tradition of late fourteenth-century England, identity is inscribed on sexed bodies only through the agency of a monster, Cohen looks at ... Read moreA significant contribution to our understanding of medieval culture, Of Giants also provides surprising insights into questions about the psychosocial work of representation in its key location for the individual: the construction of gender and the social formation of the boundaries of gender identification. It will engage students of the Middle Ages as well as those interested in discourses of the body, social identity, and the grotesque. ISBN 0-8166-3216-2 Cloth £00.00 $47.95xxISBN 0-8166-3217-0 Paper £00.00 $18.95x240 Pages 5 black-and-white photos 5 7/8 x 9 MayMedieval Cultures Series, volume 17Translation inquiries: University of Minnesota Press Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Series
Medieval Cultures S.
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816632176
SKU
V9780816632176
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About Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is associate professor of English and human sciences at George Washington University. His books include Monster Theory (Minnesota, 1996).
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