Sheba's Daughters: Whitening and Demonizing the Saracen Woman in Medieval French Epic

ISBN-13: 9780815330189 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 292 str.

Jacqueline De Weever

Opis

The Saracens were the Black Devils of medieval epics, romances and biblical exegesis, making it clear that the colour black always had negative connotations. However, the daughters of these Black Devils were usually described as beautiful white maidens, who married white Christian Knights.

Recenzje

"By applying the theories of postcolonial criticism, de Weever attempts to make clear the racist and imperialist biases of medieval epic poets. In so doing she both puts in relief the culturally loaded treatment of the Saracen princess in the works studied and raises important questions about the danger of projecting modern cultural concepts onto an ancient poetic form." -- Speculum-A Journal of Medieval Studies

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Whitening the Saracen: The Erasure of Alterity; Chapter 2 Demonizing the Saracen: The Inscription of the Monstrous Other; Chapter 3 Subversions of Treachery and the Beautiful Easterner; Chapter 4 Paradox and the Discourse of Protest; Chapter 5 Conclusion; Appendix Portraits and Translations; Bibliography Index;

O autorze

Jacqueline Deweever