Borovsky, Zoe. Never in Public
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- Author: Borovsky, Zoe
- Title: Never in Public: Women and Performance in Old Norse Literature
- Published in: The Journal of American Folklore 112.443
- Year: 1999
- Pages: 6-39
- E-text: jstor.org
- Reference: Borovsky, Zoe. "Never in Public: Women and Performance in Old Norse Literature." The Journal of American Folklore 112.443 (1999): 6-39.
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In the medieval Icelandic family sagas, women as well as men gained and bestowed honor by performing verbally. While men's performances took place in the official, public realm, women promoted and defended the honor of the household in the domestic, private realm. With the introduction of writing, the boundary between public and private was more strictly enforced, and women's participation in the honor system became more restricted.
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