Editors:
- Brings together the studies of Byzantine gender and emotions and explores each from the point of view of the other
- Examines gender and emotion through the analysis of various mediums including textual, visual and physical sources
- Explores a wide spectrum of emotions, including anger, fear, sadness, shame, embarrassment, desire, love, joy, and erotic pleasure, not just grief
Part of the book series: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture (NABHC)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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The Gender of Grief
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Women and ‘Male’ Emotions
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Front Matter
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Men, Women and Erotic Passion
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Front Matter
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Conclusion
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book examines the gendered dimensions of emotions and the emotional aspects of gender within Byzantine culture and suggests possible readings of such instances. In so doing, the volume celebrates the current breadth of Byzantine gender studies while at the same time contributing to the emerging field of Byzantine emotion studies. It offers the reader an array of perspectives encompassing various sources and media, including historiography, hagiography, theological writings, epistolography, erotic literature, art objects, and illuminated manuscripts. The ten chapters cover a time span ranging from the early to the late Byzantine periods. This diversity is secured by an expanded and enriched exploration of the collection’s unifying theme of gendered emotions. The scope and breadth of the chapters also reflect the ways in which Byzantine gender and emotion have been studied thus far, while at the same time offering novel approaches that challenge established opinions in Byzantinestudies.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Stavroula Constantinou
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The Open University of Israel, Ra’anana, Israel
Mati Meyer
About the editors
Stavroula Constantinou is Associate Professor in Byzantine Studies at the University of Cyprus. Her research interests include gender, ritual, performance and narrative literature. Currently, she is writing a monograph on the art of Byzantine Greek miracle collection and she is co-editing (with Christian Høgel) a volume on rewriting hagiographical legends in Byzantium.
Mati Meyer is Associate Professor at the Open University of Israel. Her research focuses on gender, aesthetics and cultural and biblical issues in Byzantine art. Among her current projects is a monograph on representations of the female body and its reception in the Byzantine illuminated book.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Emotions and Gender in Byzantine Culture
Editors: Stavroula Constantinou, Mati Meyer
Series Title: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96038-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96037-1Published: 28 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07137-0Published: 12 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96038-8Published: 17 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2730-9363
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9371
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 327
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Medieval Europe, Gender and Sexuality, Fine Arts, Cultural History, Ancient History