WorldMedievalism:TheMiddleAgesinModernTextualCultureexploresthewaysinwhicharangeofmoderntextualcultureshavecontinuedtoengagecreativelywiththemedievalpastinordertocometotermswiththeglobalpresent.Buildingitsargumentthroughfourcasestudies--fromtheMiddleEast,France,SoutheastAsia,andIndigenousAustralia--itshowsthattounderstandmedievalismasaculturalidiomwithglobalreach,weneedtodevelopamorenuancedgraspofthedifferentways’theMiddleAges’havecometosignifybeyondEuropeaswellaswithinaEuropethathasbeentransformedbymulticulturalismandtheglobaleconomy.Thebook’scasestudiesareexploredwithinaconceptualframeworkinwhichmedievalismitselfisformulatedas’world-disclosing’atranshistoricalencounterthatenablesthemodernsubjecttoapprehendthepast’world’openedupinmedievalandmedievalisttextsandobjects.Thebookanalysestheculturalandmaterialconditionsunderwhichitstextsareproduced,disseminated,andreceived,andexaminesliteraturealongsidefilms,televisionprograms,newspapersandjournals,politicaltracts,aswellassuchmaterialandartefactualtextsasphotographs,paintings,statues,buildings,rockart,andfossils.Whilethecasestudiesfeaturedistinctivelocalisedformsofmedievalism,takentogethertheyrevealhowimperialandgloballegacieshaveensuredthatthemedievalperiodcontinuestobeperceivedasacommonlyheldpastthatcanberetrieved,reclaimed,orrevivedinresponsetotheacceleratedchangesanduncertaintiesofglobalmodernity.
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