Exchanges in Exoticism demonstrates how the process of cultural exchange – and empire building – extends well beyond our traditional assumptions about gender roles in the medieval Mediterranean.

Megan Moore is an assistant professor in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Missouri.

‘Moore maintains a highly accessible style. Her use of engaging examples make this study a pleasure to read, one which combines questions of hybridity, exchange, and gender in fruitful ways.’

Kristin Burr:

‘Moore offers a thought-provoking consideration of how identity is created and uncovers a shift in attitudes toward the Mediterranean over time….Scholars interested in questions of gender in Old French romance will find Exchanges in Exoticism well worth their time.’

Lynn Ramey, Department of French and Italian, Vanderbilt University:

“An important contribution to the field of Old French studies, Exchanges in Exoticism combines history and literature in a fruitful way.”