Consuming Narratives: Gender and Monstrous Appetite in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
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Book Description
Dealing with the relevance of the concept and metaphor of appetite for understanding politics, writing, race, nation, and gender in the medieval and early modern periods, this collection of essays traces the development of concepts of monstrous consumption. Three areas of consumption are discussed: the role of appetite in the construction of the self and its "others," the use of metaphor of appetite to represent sexual and epistemological activities, and the sociopolitical dimension of appetite. Topics discussed include trade and colonialism, vampires, the sheela-na-gig figure, and witchcraft.
About the Author
Elizabeth Herbert McAvoy is a lecturer in the department of English, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She has a Ph.D. in medieval literature from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Teresa Walters is a sustainable tourism officer for Dyfi Eco-Valley Partnership. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Consuming Narratives: Gender and Monstrous Appetite in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,Teresa Herbert McAvoy,Elizabeth Herbert McAvoy,Teresa Walters,University Of Wales Press,0708317421,Early modern, 1500-1700,English literature,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Great Britain,History,History and criticism,History: World,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Middle English, 1100-1500,Renaissance,To 1500,Witchcraft & Wicca,Women and literature,World - General,English,Gender studies,Literary studies: classical, early & medieval,Middle English,c 1000 CE to c 1500,Language and Literature
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