Zina Petersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6772802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zina Petersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zina |
| FAMILY NAME | Petersen |
| SIGNATURE | PETERSEN Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Twisted Paths of Civilization”: Saint Sara and the Romani
In conjunction with veneration for their onomastic patron saints, the Mediterranean town of Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer hosts a yearly festival for a unique saint, Sara. Her effigy housed in the church crypt, Sara is a draw for the Romani (aka “Gypsies”) who venerate her and for the tourist industry, which relies on festival revenue. This article explores Sara’s mythic and historic association with the Romani. It considers how racist thinking ha…
Institution and individual in conflict: The Early Middle English Ancrene Wisse and the authority of speech acts
Though the Early Middle English Ancrene Wisse is of a genre that almost requires a certain amount of misogynistic tropes and figures, the text itself reveals an authorial voice that is reluctant to condemn the women for whom the author writes. Using speech act theory and sentence analysis, this paper examines the ways in which certain structures and usages in Ancrene Wisse undercut its generic antifeminism, almost ironically to empower its reader…
Twisted Paths of Civilization”: Saint Sara and the Romani
In conjunction with veneration for their onomastic patron saints, the Mediterranean town of Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer hosts a yearly festival for a unique saint, Sara. Her effigy housed in the church crypt, Sara is a draw for the Romani (aka “Gypsies”) who venerate her and for the tourist industry, which relies on festival revenue. This article explores Sara’s mythic and historic association with the Romani. It considers how racist thinking ha…
Institution and individual in conflict: The Early Middle English Ancrene Wisse and the authority of speech acts
Though the Early Middle English Ancrene Wisse is of a genre that almost requires a certain amount of misogynistic tropes and figures, the text itself reveals an authorial voice that is reluctant to condemn the women for whom the author writes. Using speech act theory and sentence analysis, this paper examines the ways in which certain structures and usages in Ancrene Wisse undercut its generic antifeminism, almost ironically to empower its reader…
Twisted Paths of Civilization”: Saint Sara and the Romani
In conjunction with veneration for their onomastic patron saints, the Mediterranean town of Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer hosts a yearly festival for a unique saint, Sara. Her effigy housed in the church crypt, Sara is a draw for the Romani (aka “Gypsies”) who venerate her and for the tourist industry, which relies on festival revenue. This article explores Sara’s mythic and historic association with the Romani. It considers how racist thinking ha…
Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · AKA (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Archetype (1 works) · Art history (1 works)