Joseph P Derosier
Biographic Data
| ID | 5772356 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph P Derosier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph P |
| FAMILY NAME | Derosier |
| SIGNATURE | DEROSIER J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beloit College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5720-3384 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Courtly and Queer: Deconstruction, Desire, and Medieval French Literature
Objects, Matter, and Assemblage: Orientalism and Awe in Robert de Clari’s Constantinople
This article proposes to read Robert de Clari’s account of Constantinople through the lenses of vibrant materiality, orientalism and the ethics and affects of colonial pursuit. Why was his account so different from Geoffroy de Villehardouin’s? Why was he so focused on objects, on materials, and marvels? If we position his text, one of the first vernacular prose histories in French, in its relation to romance, to broader narratives of empire and t…
The forest and the heath: Defining the human in medieval romance
This article examines the thirteenth‐century romance Perlesvaus as a biopolitical fantasy and specifically examines one episode in which the Crucifixion is staged with animal actors coded as Christ and Jews. This episode frames the forest surrounding the event as a liminal space, as a biopolitical space of exception that surrounds the clearing or heath where miracles happen and produce biblical truth in Arthurian Britain. The anonymous author pla…
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The forest and the heath: Defining the human in medieval romance
This article examines the thirteenth‐century romance Perlesvaus as a biopolitical fantasy and specifically examines one episode in which the Crucifixion is staged with animal actors coded as Christ and Jews. This episode frames the forest surrounding the event as a liminal space, as a biopolitical space of exception that surrounds the clearing or heath where miracles happen and produce biblical truth in Arthurian Britain. The anonymous author pla…
Objects, Matter, and Assemblage: Orientalism and Awe in Robert de Clari’s Constantinople
This article proposes to read Robert de Clari’s account of Constantinople through the lenses of vibrant materiality, orientalism and the ethics and affects of colonial pursuit. Why was his account so different from Geoffroy de Villehardouin’s? Why was he so focused on objects, on materials, and marvels? If we position his text, one of the first vernacular prose histories in French, in its relation to romance, to broader narratives of empire and t…
Courtly and Queer: Deconstruction, Desire, and Medieval French Literature
Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Assemblage (archaeology (1 works) · Biopower (1 works)