Spectrums of Shakespearean crossdressing : the art of performing women

Title
  1. Spectrums of Shakespearean crossdressing : the art of performing women / Courtney Bailey Parker.
Published by
  1. New York : Routledge, 2020.
Author
  1. Bailey Parker, Courtney

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Description
  1. 156 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Since young male players were the norm during the English Renaissance, were all cross-dressed performances of female characters played with the same degree of seriousness? Probably not. Spectrums of representation in Shakespearean crossdressing examines these varied types of female characters in English Renaissance drama, drawing from a range of play texts themselves in order to investigate if evidence exists for varying performance practices for male-to-female crossdressing. This book argues for a reading of the representation of female characters on the English Renaissance stage that not only suggests categorizing crossdressing along a spectrum of theatrical artifice, but also explores how this range of artifice enriches our understanding of the plays. The scholarship surrounding cross-dressing rarely makes this distinction, since in our study of early modern plays we tend to accept as a matter of course that all crossdressing was essentially the same. The basis of Spectrums of representation in Shakespearean crossdressing is that it was not"--
Series statement
  1. Routledge studies in Shakespeare ; 38
Uniform title
  1. Routledge studies in Shakespeare ; 38.
Subject
  1. History
  2. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
  3. Acting
  4. 1500-1699
  5. Sex in the theater
  6. English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
  7. Cross-dressing in literature
  8. Criticism, interpretation, etc
  9. Sex role in literature
  10. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
  11. Gender identity in literature
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History.
Call number
  1. JFE 20-4418
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Bailey Parker, Courtney, author.
Title
  1. Spectrums of Shakespearean crossdressing : the art of performing women / Courtney Bailey Parker.
Publisher
  1. New York : Routledge, 2020.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Routledge studies in Shakespeare ; 38
  2. Routledge studies in Shakespeare ; 38.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1500-1699
Other form:
  1. Online version: Bailey Parker, Courtney, Spectrums of Shakespearean crossdressing 1. New York : Routledge, 2020. 9780367853563 (DLC) 2019055782
LCCN
  1. 2019055781
ISBN
  1. 9780367333416 (hardback)
  2. 0367333414
  3. 9780367853563 (ebook)
  4. 9781000735086 (adobe pdf)
  5. 9781000735338 (mobi)
  6. 9781000735581 (epub)
Research call number
  1. JFE 20-4418
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