IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1506: Men and Masculinities in Old Norse Literature, I
Thursday 6 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
Organisers: | Gareth Lloyd Evans, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford Jessica Hancock, GCU London, Glasgow Caledonian University, London |
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Moderator/Chair: | Gareth Lloyd Evans, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford |
Paper 1506-a | Faith and Friendship: The Masculine World of Lárentíus saga biskups (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Paper 1506-b | Chums and the 'Intimacies of a Wife': rekkjufélagar and wífs rúnar (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Sexuality |
Paper 1506-c | 'Hjarta Högna, bróður míns, blóðugt': Male Familial Relationships in the Poetic Edda and Völsunga saga (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Abstract | As part of a group of sessions, these papers explore the wide range of masculinities and masculine characters that we encounter in Old Norse-Icelandic literature, and approach the categories of 'men' and 'masculinity' with the same critical scrutiny that has been brought to the study of women and femininities. These sessions complement the proposed sessions on 'Otherness, Monstrosity, and Deviation in Old Norse Literature and Culture', and bolster the increasingly prominent Old Norse presence at the IMC. This session, session 1 of 3, explores various types of relationships between men in Old Norse texts. |