Cultural capital : production and reproduction in Emaré

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dc.contributor.advisorScala, Elizabeth, 1966-en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLesser, Wayneen
dc.creatorBristol, Abigail R.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-27T18:43:51Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:30:06Z
dc.date.available2012-11-27T18:43:51Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:30:06Z
dc.date.issued2012-08en
dc.date.submittedAugust 2012en
dc.date.updated2012-11-27T18:43:57Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractUsing the central romance narrative object in the Breton Lay Emaré, the anonymous poet creates a conversation highlighting the importance of class structure, religious difference, chivalric duty, the generic traditions of romance, imperial wealth, desire, and power within the narrative. The protagonist, Emaré, serves as the focus for a version of the traditional calumniated wife narrative, with few distinctions, the most intriguing of which is the focus on the particular textile that identifies her. This paper investigates how the textile and Emaré herself demonstrate the importance of production and reproduction—the fruits of both kinds of labor enabling her son to inherit two empires and their associated capitalist wealth, a social value that the likely middle class audience would have admired. This combined both the traditional dynastic focus of romance narratives with a capitalist, mercantile one, suggesting a move away from a chivalric, martial culture to one based around economic production.en
dc.description.departmentEnglishen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.slug2152/ETD-UT-2012-08-6138en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-08-6138en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectEmaréen
dc.subjectTextileen
dc.subjectRomanceen
dc.subjectProductionen
dc.subjectMedievalen
dc.titleCultural capital : production and reproduction in Emaréen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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