Nahir I Otaño Gracia
Biographic Data
| ID | 5842419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nahir I Otaño Gracia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nahir I Otaño |
| FAMILY NAME | Gracia |
| SIGNATURE | GRACIA N I O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8637-9012 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Other Faces of Arthur: Chivalric Whiteness in the Global North Atlantic
Reveals the role of Arthuriana in the racial logics of medieval Europe through an analysis of the construction of chivalric whiteness The Other Faces of Arthur reveals the role of Arthuriana in the racial logics of medieval Europe through an analysis of the construction of whiteness in the global North Atlantic: Scandinavia, Britain, Iberia, and North Africa. Taking a comparative approach that draws on language traditions not commonly studied tog…
Early Global Insularities: Archipelagos and Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Texts
Recovering (Hi)stories: A Response
Speculum Themed Issue: “Race, Race-Thinking, and Identity in the Global Middle Ages”
Gawain, Race, and the Borders in The Turke and Sir Gawain 1
This essay works through ideas of settler colonialism, displacement, and border-crossings in order to investigate the character of Gawain. The Middle English Romance, The Turke and Sir Gawain (TG), seems to follow Gawain as he learns to be a better knight and to uphold ideologies of inclusivity, courtesy, and virtue which appear to invite and accept difference. Nevertheless, Gawain’s attributes are also embedded in a borderland system in which Ga…
Borders and the Global North Atlantic
The representation of Africa and Iberia within the North Atlantic imaginary tends to highlight similar features—commodity and trade, the pilgrimage routes to Alexandria and Santiago de Compostela, crusading in Africa or Iberia, Africa and Iberia as Muslim territories, and Africa and Iberia as the borderlands of Europe. Although Chaucer’s textual corpus touches on all the above features, this essay traces the ways that Chaucer interrelates the ter…
Towards a decentered Global North Atlantic: Blackness in Saga af Tristram ok Ísodd
Medieval North Atlantic Studies, which is broadly defined as the study of the British Isles, Iceland, Scandinavia, the English Channel, and the Low Countries, has a tendency to research two types of interactions. First, it focuses on common themes between these cultures, which then strengthens the argument for their grouping. Second, it emphasizes that these cultures traveled throughout Africa, Europe, and the East, participating in a “Global Mid…
Gawain, Race, and the Borders in The Turke and Sir Gawain 1
This essay works through ideas of settler colonialism, displacement, and border-crossings in order to investigate the character of Gawain. The Middle English Romance, The Turke and Sir Gawain (TG), seems to follow Gawain as he learns to be a better knight and to uphold ideologies of inclusivity, courtesy, and virtue which appear to invite and accept difference. Nevertheless, Gawain’s attributes are also embedded in a borderland system in which Ga…
Speculum Themed Issue: “Race, Race-Thinking, and Identity in the Global Middle Ages”
Towards a decentered Global North Atlantic: Blackness in Saga af Tristram ok Ísodd
Medieval North Atlantic Studies, which is broadly defined as the study of the British Isles, Iceland, Scandinavia, the English Channel, and the Low Countries, has a tendency to research two types of interactions. First, it focuses on common themes between these cultures, which then strengthens the argument for their grouping. Second, it emphasizes that these cultures traveled throughout Africa, Europe, and the East, participating in a “Global Mid…
Towards a decentered Global North Atlantic: Blackness in Saga af Tristram ok Ísodd
Medieval North Atlantic Studies, which is broadly defined as the study of the British Isles, Iceland, Scandinavia, the English Channel, and the Low Countries, has a tendency to research two types of interactions. First, it focuses on common themes between these cultures, which then strengthens the argument for their grouping. Second, it emphasizes that these cultures traveled throughout Africa, Europe, and the East, participating in a “Global Mid…
Borders and the Global North Atlantic
The representation of Africa and Iberia within the North Atlantic imaginary tends to highlight similar features—commodity and trade, the pilgrimage routes to Alexandria and Santiago de Compostela, crusading in Africa or Iberia, Africa and Iberia as Muslim territories, and Africa and Iberia as the borderlands of Europe. Although Chaucer’s textual corpus touches on all the above features, this essay traces the ways that Chaucer interrelates the ter…
Gawain, Race, and the Borders in The Turke and Sir Gawain 1
This essay works through ideas of settler colonialism, displacement, and border-crossings in order to investigate the character of Gawain. The Middle English Romance, The Turke and Sir Gawain (TG), seems to follow Gawain as he learns to be a better knight and to uphold ideologies of inclusivity, courtesy, and virtue which appear to invite and accept difference. Nevertheless, Gawain’s attributes are also embedded in a borderland system in which Ga…
Early Global Insularities: Archipelagos and Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Texts
Recovering (Hi)stories: A Response
Speculum Themed Issue: “Race, Race-Thinking, and Identity in the Global Middle Ages”
The Other Faces of Arthur: Chivalric Whiteness in the Global North Atlantic
Reveals the role of Arthuriana in the racial logics of medieval Europe through an analysis of the construction of chivalric whiteness The Other Faces of Arthur reveals the role of Arthuriana in the racial logics of medieval Europe through an analysis of the construction of whiteness in the global North Atlantic: Scandinavia, Britain, Iberia, and North Africa. Taking a comparative approach that draws on language traditions not commonly studied tog…
History (5 works) · Medieval Literature and History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)