Blurred Boundaries and Deceptive Dichotomies in Pre-Modern Texts and Images: Culture, Society and Reception...

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Dafna Nissim Vered Tohar

Blurred Boundaries and Deceptive Dichotomies in Pre-Modern Texts and Images

Culture, Society and Reception

Dafna Nissim, Vered Tohar

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English

De Gruyter
18 December 2023

History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; Other graphic art forms; Photography & photographs; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: general

Series: Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture

This collection of essays focuses on the way blurred boundaries are represented in pre-modern texts and visual art and how they were received and perceived by their audiences: readers, listeners, and viewers. According to the current understanding that opposing cognitive categories that are so common in modern thinking do not apply to pre-modern mentalities, we argue that individuals in medieval and pre-modern societies did not necessarily consider sacred and secular, male and female, real and fictional, and opposing emotions as absolute dichotomies. The contributors to the present collection examine a wide range of cultural artifacts – literary texts, wall paintings, sculptures, jewelry, manuscript illustrations, and various objects as to what they reflect regarding the dominant perceptual system – the network of beliefs, worldviews, presumptions, values, and norms of viewing/reading/hearing different from modern epistemology strongly predicated on the binary nature of things and people. The essays suggest that analyzing pre-modern cultural works of art or literature in light of reception theory can lead to a better understanding of how those cultural products influenced individuals and impacted their thoughts and actions.

Edited by: Dafna Nissim, Vered Tohar
Imprint: De Gruyter
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 514g
ISBN: 9783111243566
ISBN 10: 3111243567
Series: Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Pages: 265
Publication Date: 18 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dafna Nissim, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; Vered Tohar, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.