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The heart and stomach of a king : Elizabeth I and the politics of sex and power /
Carole Levin explores contemporary representations of the unmarried, childless Elizabeth and focuses on the ways in which members of her court, foreign ambassadors, and a motley--and sometimes delusional--collection of subjects responded to her. Throughout, Levin's purpose is to explore how gen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1994.
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| Colección: | New cultural studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Carole Levin explores contemporary representations of the unmarried, childless Elizabeth and focuses on the ways in which members of her court, foreign ambassadors, and a motley--and sometimes delusional--collection of subjects responded to her. Throughout, Levin's purpose is to explore how gender constructions, role expectations, and beliefs about sexuality influenced both Elizabeth's self-presentation and others' perceptions of her as a female, and Protestant, ruler. --from publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585127018 9780585127019 9780812207729 0812207726 |