IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1606: Men and Masculinities in Old Norse Literature, II
Thursday 6 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
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: | Ásdís Egilsdóttir, Faculty of Icelandic & Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík |
Paper 1606-a | Redacted Masculinity: Similarities and Differences in Guðmundr inn ríki's Ljósvetninga Saga Portrayal (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Sexuality |
Paper 1606-b | Hann hvarflar í milli búðanna ok reikar á fótum: Law and Performative Old Age in the Íslendingasögur (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Law |
Paper 1606-c | Hvárrgi þeira vildi deila: Masculine Violence and Social Cohesion in Fóstbrœðra 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 2 of 3, explores the interrelations between honour, humiliation, and masculinity in Old Norse texts. |