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Mirrer, Louise was born on April 27, 1953 in New York City. Daughter of Gerald Paul and Mildred Mirrer.
( Through a detailed analysis of medieval Spain's best kn...)
Through a detailed analysis of medieval Spain's best known literary works, this book examines two common images of woman--the sexually attractive matron of the Christian upper classes, and the beautiful, pure, and sexually ripe upper-class Muslim or Jewish woman who is submissive to Christians. Suggesting a link between these images and the issues of political and military power, religious difference, and language in the context of reconquest Castile, the book argues that female representation in the literature provides a resolution of Christian-Muslim military conflict. This volume is the first in the field of medieval Hispanic studies to reexamine the canon in the light of recent critical work on language, gender, power, and the effects of domination. It shows how the texts imaginarily liberate Christian women from the authority of their husbands, in order to demonstrate how women's access to the discourses of power leads to tragedy and ruin for the men who fail to silence them. Women, Jews, and Muslims in the Texts of Reconquest Castile makes the argument that dominant-"other" struggle, waged on the terrains of gender, religion, and war, is the most appropriate paradigm for discussing literary texts produced in the last centuries of reconquest. More than any other culture, medieval Spain reminds us of the provisional nature of national, religious, and sexual identity. Exploring the gendering of subjects in society, the volume will be of interest to those in cultural and gender studies, Hispanic studies, medieval studies, and Middle Eastern studies. All texts are translated, and maps and illustrations help orient the reader. Louise Mirrer is Professor and Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota.
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Mirrer, Louise was born on April 27, 1953 in New York City. Daughter of Gerald Paul and Mildred Mirrer.
Bachelor in Spanish magna cum laude, University Pennsylvania, 1973. Diploma in Linguistics, Cambridge University, England, 1975. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1977.
Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish and Humanities, Stanford University, 1980.
Assistant professor Spanish and Portugese Fordham University, New York City, 1979-1986, associate professor, 1986-1991, professor and department chair, 1991-1994. Professor and chair Spanish & Portuguese department University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1994—1995, professor Spanish & Portuguese, 1994—1999, vice provost arts, science & engineering, 1995—1997. Vice chancellor for academic affairs City University of New York, New York, 1997—2004, professor Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian studies & medieval studies, 1997—2004.
President, Chief Executive Officer New York History Society, since 2004. Board advisors Medieval Feminist Newsletter, since 1991. Project director Japan Foundation Grant, 1992-1994.
Editorial board member Hispanic Issues University Minnesota Press, since 1995.
( Through a detailed analysis of medieval Spain's best kn...)
Member Governor’s Interagency Council on Women, New York State Commissioner’s Policy Advisory Committee Governing Board (vice chair), Alliance for Minority Participation, New York Academy of Science Working Group for New York Technology Council, Executive Committee Modern Language Association Division on Medieval Spanish Literature (chair 1999-2000, member delegate assembly 1988-1991), Nominating Committee International Association of Hispanists, since 1999, board directors New York Structural Biology Center, board advisors Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education, Asian-American Research Institute, Society Medieval Feminist Scholarship, since 1991.
Married Philip Singer, September 1, 1974 (divorced November, 1984). 1 child, Philip Mirrer-Singer. Married David Halle, March 6, 1947.
Children: Carla, Malcolm.