{"product_id":"kinship-in-old-norse-myth-and-legend-9781843846376","title":"Kinship in Old Norse Myth and Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThis wide-ranging study offers a new understanding of Old Norse kinship in which the individual self was expanded to encompass its kin. Family interactions in Old Norse myth and legend were often fraught, competitive, even violent, as well as loving, protective, and supportive. The book reveals why ambivalence was so characteristic of mythic-heroic kinship relations and how they were able to endure, even thrive, in spite of such pressures. It also reassesses outdated assumptions about the existence of a special relationship between a man and his sister's son inherited from earlier Germanic society. The study challenges readers to rethink many of the basic ontological assumptions they bring to their interpretations of Old Norse myth and legend. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 258 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 19 July 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily interactions in Old Norse myth and legend were often fraught, competitive, even violent as well as loving, protective, and supportive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing particularly on intergenerational relationships in the legendary sagas, the Poetic Edda and Snorra Edda, this book reveals not only why ambivalence was so characteristic of mythic-heroic kinship relations but how they were able to endure, even thrive, in spite of such pressures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClose attention is paid to the way gender inflects the dynamic between parents and their children and to the patronymic naming system which prevailed in Old Norse society, while outdated assumptions about the existence of a special relationship between a man and his sister's son inherited from earlier Germanic society are reassessed for the first time in decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges from this wide-ranging study is a new understanding of Old Norse kinship as a dynamic transpersonal process rather than a presocial fact, in which the individual self was expanded to encompass its kin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking the lead from recent anthropological research into kinship and with exciting implications for our understanding of Old Norse personhood, emotions, and the life course, this book challenges its readers to rethink many of the basic ontological assumptions which they bring to their interpretations of Old Norse myth and legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 560g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 162 x 242 x 21 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781843846376\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dr. Katherine Marie Olley","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44284390768890,"sku":"9781843846376","price":81.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1686910949682_book.jpg?v=1687007643","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/kinship-in-old-norse-myth-and-legend-9781843846376","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}