Overview

21st Century Medievalisms: Between the Global and Individual is an edited volume consisting of 14 chapters by scholars interested in contemporary medievalisms across the world. It is a timely contribution to the growing scholarship on medievalisms offering chapters that consider both the individual experiences of medievalisms, as well as those of societies and cultures at large. The chapters of the book are grouped into three parts, the first explores stereotypes and myths in medievalisms; the second examines medievalisms that speak to particular communities and audiences; and the third studies how medievalisms are impacted by or stimulate conversations of politics and gender. These chapters all reflect a growing interest in medievalisms, and the appreciation of how they are present, materialise and evolve in different contexts and offers insights into medievalisms in politics, popular culture, social activism and more. Throughout the book, examples and case studies demonstrate how medievalisms in the modern age are at times individual experiences, at other times global phenomena and sometimes are in between. Therefore these medievalisms can speak to different audiences at the same time, showcasing how the Middle Ages and their memory continue to be a pertinent topic of study within the wider field of medieval studies.

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Author:   Karl Christian Alvestad
Publisher:   Trivent Publishing
Imprint:   Trivent Publishing
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9786156405760

ISBN 10:   6156405763
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   01 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION by Karl Christian Alvestad CHAPTER 1. Medievalist Comic Book Characters and Their Feminist Readers —Elizabeth Allyn Woock CHAPTER 2. Are Pigs Pink? Cinematic Perceptions of the Medieval Past —Francis Mickus CHAPTER 3. Re-imagining Historical Fighting: Knights in Medievalism —Jürg Gassmann CHAPTER 4. Dark Medieval Times: Violence and Darkness in Black-Metal Medievalism —Dario Capelli CHAPTER 5. Crusading as Damnation, Killing for Salvation Crusading Ideology and Ludonarrative Dissonance in Dante's Inferno —Juan Manuel Rubio Arévalo CHAPTER 6. French Cultural Exception: When King Arthur Does Not Cross the Borders —Justine Breton CHAPTER 7. The Witcher: Visions of a Shifting Europe —Meg Feller CHAPTER 8. Medieval Love Through Centuries from Far East to Far West in Romanesque, by Tonino Benacquista —Leticia Ding, Philippe Frieden, Stefania Maffei Boillat CHAPTER 9. Medievalism, Philosophers, and Medievalists in the Twenty-First Century in Peru: From the Forgotten Image to New Perspectives —Jean Christian Egoavil CHAPTER 10. The Use of Political Neomedievalism in Spain —Álvaro Garrote Pascual CHAPTER 11. The Black Veil of Freedom: Widows Beyond Westeros —Dawn A. Seymour Klos CHAPTER 12. The Frozen Middle Ages: Elsa as a Contemporary Joan of Arc? —Andrea Maraschi CHAPTER 13. Beyond the Bounds of Camelot and Hogwarts: The Medieval Quest Becomes Political Activism Through Harry Potter —Monica J. Stenzel, Josephine C. Stenzel CHAPTER 14. Memories of the Medieval in the Age of White Supremacy —Leland Renato Grigoli

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Karl Christian Alvestad has been, since August 2018, an Associate Professor in Social Studies at the Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway. He completed his PhD in History at the University of Winchester, UK, in 2016. His thesis """"Kings, Heroes and Ships: The Use of Historical Characters in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Perceptions of the Early Medieval Scandinavian Past"""" looked at the use of Viking Age history in the development of Norwegian national identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His research focuses on the role of medievalism in politics and culture in Scandinavia, as well as early medieval political culture in Norway, and the cult of St. Olaf. Among Karl Christian's most recent works is a chapter called ""The 'Accurate' Deeds of Our Father: The 'Authentic' Narrative of Early Norway"" (2021) discussing the construction of authenticity in contemporary Norwegian medievalisms, and an article titled ""Mainstream Norwegian Medievalism in the Twenty-first Century Continuity and Change in Narrative and Form"" (2021) which explores the evolving forms and content of contemporary Norwegian medievalisms.

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