Jake Frances Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 8837581 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jake Frances Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jake Frances |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
(Trans)gender matters, matters gender: Transmasculine potentiality in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks and linguistic purism in modern Iceland
This article argues against the dominant scholarly assessment of the figure of Hervör/Hervarðr as a ‘cross-dressing woman’ within the Old Norse–Icelandic saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks . Instead, paying attention to pronoun and name shifts in three manuscript attestations, it reads Hervör/Hervarðr through a transmasculine lens. Placing the saga within the context of linguistic purism in Iceland, issues of medieval ‘heritage,’ and their role in re…
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(Trans)gender matters, matters gender: Transmasculine potentiality in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks and linguistic purism in modern Iceland
This article argues against the dominant scholarly assessment of the figure of Hervör/Hervarðr as a ‘cross-dressing woman’ within the Old Norse–Icelandic saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks . Instead, paying attention to pronoun and name shifts in three manuscript attestations, it reads Hervör/Hervarðr through a transmasculine lens. Placing the saga within the context of linguistic purism in Iceland, issues of medieval ‘heritage,’ and their role in re…
Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism (1 works) · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies (1 works) · Medieval Literature (1 works) · Medieval Literature and History (1 works) · Medievalism (1 works) · Narrative (1 works) · Posthumanism (1 works) · Pronoun (1 works) · Reflexive pronoun (1 works)