Tag: Welsh
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Matrilineal Subjects: Ambiguity, Bodies, and Metamorphosis in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi
Essay on “Math son of Mathonwy,” the Fourth Branch of the medieval Welsh Mabinogi., published in the top-tier feminist journal Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. First presented in David Townsend’s Theory seminar at the Centre for Medieval Studies, spring 2004. “Matrilineal Subjects” was one of three finalists for the 2007 Catharine Stimpson…
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Giants, Boar-Hunts, and Barbering: Masculinity in Culhwch ac Olwen
Essay on the early Welsh Arthurian tale, Culhwch and Olwen, published in the scholarly journal Arthuriana. First presented in David N. Klausner’s Middle Welsh seminar at the Centre for Medieval Studies, 2004. Full bibliographical reference: Sarah Sheehan, “Giants, Boar-hunts, and Barbering: Masculinity in Culhwch ac Olwen,” Arthuriana 15.3 (Fall 2005), 3–25. Founded in 1991, Arthuriana…
Sarah Sheehan 