Women disguised as Men in Hispano-Hebrew and Romance Fiction of the Thirteenth-Century

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  • Paulina Alejandra Lorca Koch Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/meahhebreo.v63i0.560

Keywords:

Thirteenth-Century Fiction, women, disguise, carnival, world upside down, reversal of social roles

Abstract

In Hispano-Hebrew and Romance Fiction from the Thirteenth-Century there are examples of women who hide their identities disguising themselves as men, either by force or by their own will. This is what occurs in «What Happened to Yašefeh and his Two Loved Ones» by Ya‘aqob ben ’El‘azar, the fabliau «Berengier of the long ass», Heldris of Cornwall’s Romance of Silence, and Aucassin and Nicolette, among other texts. This paper aims to examine how these new identities are created and the implications that these performances have in the context of medieval literature.

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Author Biography

Paulina Alejandra Lorca Koch, Universidad de Granada

Estudiante de Doctorado, UGR

Published

2014-12-03

How to Cite

Lorca Koch, P. A. (2014). Women disguised as Men in Hispano-Hebrew and Romance Fiction of the Thirteenth-Century. Miscelánea De Estudios Árabes Y Hebraicos. Sección Hebreo, 63, 131–145. https://doi.org/10.30827/meahhebreo.v63i0.560

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