{"product_id":"theorizing-medieval-race-victoria-turner-9781781886670","title":"Theorizing Medieval Race: Saracen Representations in Old French Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn today's discussions of religious difference and intolerance, the Middle Ages are often presented as a time of fixed racial, religious, and cultural identities, especially as regards the East and Islam. Representations of Saracens, however, show how literary traditions invite a more nuanced consideration of the complex and often surprising ways in which such non-Christian figures might be depicted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a wide-ranging study of Old French texts from c.1150-1350, Victoria Turner explores how racial identity is not only paradoxical but even fluid in the medieval Christian literary imagination, where Arthurian heroes may have Saracen ancestors and where a Saracen may set an example of good Christian behaviour. Drawing on modern critical theory, Turner adopts a series of approaches to concepts of race to counter suggestions that these medieval identities were necessarily adversarial, consistent or absolute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictoria Turner is Lecturer in French at the University of St Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Turner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781886679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781886670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legenda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.56d","brand":"Victoria Turner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983741649151,"sku":"9781781886670","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff0a0db3-10cc-4239-abd2-e12cd6a1caf2.jpg?v=1683268447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theorizing-medieval-race-victoria-turner-9781781886670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}