Men and Masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders

Cover......Page 1
Men and Masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Table of Contents......Page 12
PRIMARY SOURCES......Page 14
DICTIONARIES......Page 16
OVERVIEW AND METHODOLOGY......Page 18
OLD NORSE–ICELANDIC LITERATURE......Page 20
Íslendingasögur......Page 21
GENDER AND MASCULINITY......Page 22
WHY STUDY MASCULINITY?......Page 24
1: Modelling Saga Masculinities......Page 27
HEGEMONIC MASCULINITIES......Page 32
PRODUCING A MODEL OF HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY FOR THE ÍSLENDINGASÖGUR......Page 40
2: Homosocial Masculinities......Page 44
HOMOSOCIALITY AND MEDIEVAL LITERATURE: A THEORETICAL DIGRESSION......Page 45
HOMOSOCIALITY AS VALUED AND DESIRED......Page 50
GIFT GIVING AND THE MAINTENANCE OF HOMOSOCIAL BONDS......Page 57
SOCIAL OBLIGATION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF HOMOSOCIAL BONDS......Page 59
MEN JUDGING MEN......Page 61
SELF-POLICING MASCULINITIES......Page 64
DOMINATING MEN......Page 66
DYADIC INSTABILITY......Page 69
TRIANGULARITY......Page 73
Fosterage......Page 76
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 78
3: Intersectional Masculinities......Page 80
YOUTH......Page 81
Youth and the Crisis of Masculinity......Page 92
OLD AGE......Page 95
RACE......Page 100
IMPAIRMENT/DISABILITY......Page 104
SEXUALITY......Page 108
RELIGION......Page 116
SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS......Page 119
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 123
4: The Limits of Socially Acceptable Masculinity......Page 124
GRETTIR AS A CHILD......Page 127
FURTHER (HYPER)MASCULINE ATTRIBUTES......Page 138
HOMO(ANTI)SOCIAL RELATIONS......Page 143
POSITIVE HOMOSOCIAL RELATIONS......Page 149
INTERACTIONS WITH SUPERNATURAL CHARACTERS......Page 152
HOMOSOCIALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF ILL LUCK......Page 155
CONCLUDING REMARKS: SOCIAL FAILURE AND THE CRITIQUE OF HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY......Page 159
Conclusion......Page 161
Works Cited......Page 166
Index......Page 180