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1 online resource (298 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Textiles as a Signifying System; Signs, Symbols or Signals; History as Signs; A Feminine Perspective; Exploring Selfhood; "Fresne"; Chapter 1: The Relation of Textiles to Violence; As Pages; As Agents; Controlling Violence; As Texts; Passive Pages Actively Heal; Chapter 2: Textiles in the Generation of Subjectivity; Marie's Maternal Merveilleux; Substantiating Maternal Love; Bestowing Power; Synaesthesia in Marie's Imaginary; Empowering Language; Chapter 3: Textiles as Confinement or Expression. |
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Confining TextilesExpressing Selfhood; Balancing Personal and Social Needs; Chapter 4: Conclusion; Summary of Themes; Interweaving; Form for Subjectivity; Selected Bibliography; Subsequent Readings; Index. |
| Summary |
This work is unique in showing that textiles constitute a cohesive secondary signifying system throughout the Lais of Marie de France. There they function as texts-within-a-text. Etymologically, both text and textile derive from weaving. We read these textiles as complete signs that transfer meaning, as symbols whose meaning may or may not be interpreted, or merely as signals highlighting import. The quantity of textile references in Marie's minimalistic texts emphasizes their potential for meaning. In view of the fact that women were the primary producers of textiles until the late Middle Age. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Marie, de France, active 12th century. Lais.
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Lais (Marie, de France) |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Gilmore-Hunt, Gloria Thomas. Tales the Textiles Tell in the Lais of Marie de France : Weaving as a Signifying System. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2001 9780773425972 |
| ISBN |
9780773411654 (electronic book) |
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0773411658 (electronic book) |
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