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The Hybridization of Medieval Insular Mythology and Identity. Edited by Wendy Marie Hoofnagle and Wolfram R. Keller.

Postcolonial approaches to the Middle Ages have received much attention in recent decades, and the study of medieval processes of collective identity formation and medieval nationhood have likewise been increasingly influential. This book participates in this discourse, but its goal is to trace the complex processes of mythologizing (and hybridizing) identities in the British Isles throughout the Middle Ages, specifically how the hybridizing of the mythologies informs processes of collective identity formation. The authors in this volume address the question of hybridization from different vantage points, including those that indicate a resistance to assimilation, as way of emphasizing that the process of identity formation does not follow a universal formula and must be considered on a case-by-case basis. Thus, the 19 contributions gesture towards a narrative of the transformations of Insular hybridity over the course of the Middle Ages into the early modern period. Contributors: Susan Carter, Robert R. Edwards, Wendy Marie Hoofnagle, Lindsey M. Jones, Wolfram R. Keller, Peter Larkin, Kristen Lee Over, Shannon Lewis-Simpson, Brenna Mead, Erich Poppe, Dagmar Schlüter, and Bernadette Smelik. X,248 Seiten, gebunden (Britannica et Americana. Dritte Folge; Band 27/Winter Verlag 2011) leichte Lagerspuren