Performing women
Gender, self, and representation in late medieval Metz
This book takes on a key problem in the history of drama: the 'exceptional' staging of the life of Catherine of Siena by a female actor and a female patron in 1468 Metz. Exploring the lives and performances of these previously anonymous women, the book brings the elusive figure of the female performer to centre stage. It integrates new approaches to drama, gender and patronage with a performance methodology to explore how the women of fifteenth-century Metz enacted varied kinds of performance that extended beyond the theatre. For example, decades before the 1468 play, Joan of Arc returned from the grave in the form of an impersonator named Cl…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5261-0641-4
- EAN: 9781526106414
- Produktnummer: 32341556
- Verlag: Canongate Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'723 KB
- Abbildungen: 8 colour illustrations, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 chart, 3 maps
Über den Autor
Susannah Crowder is Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
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