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Drama and Resistance
Claire Sponsler
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Description for Drama and Resistance
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; AN; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Explores the intertwined histories of bodily subjectivity, commodity culture and theatricality in late medieval England. In this examination of popular drama in the period from 1350 to 1520, the author argues that many types of performances during this time represented cultural evasions to the imposition of disciplinary power. The medieval theatre was a social site where resistance, masked from the full scrutiny of authority by theatricality, was practised, articulated, and enacted. This text examines three key discourses of authoritarian bodily and commodity control - clothing laws, conduct literature and Books of Hours - and pairs them with three kinds of ... Read more
Explores the intertwined histories of bodily subjectivity, commodity culture and theatricality in late medieval England. In this examination of popular drama in the period from 1350 to 1520, the author argues that many types of performances during this time represented cultural evasions to the imposition of disciplinary power. The medieval theatre was a social site where resistance, masked from the full scrutiny of authority by theatricality, was practised, articulated, and enacted. This text examines three key discourses of authoritarian bodily and commodity control - clothing laws, conduct literature and Books of Hours - and pairs them with three kinds of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816629275
SKU
V9780816629275
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