“Pale her cheeks they ought to be, it was only yesterday that she had been a tree.” : Gender, Power, and Hybridity in the Swedish Medieval Supernatural Ballads

This thesis analyzes eight specific Swedish medieval ballads that contain supernatural transformation and hybridity for how they depict gender in late medieval and early modern contexts. Using literature as a historical resource and a micro-historical approach, this thesis applies gender theory, int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bott, Rachel
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Historiska institutionen 2020
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-411095