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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 fema...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2018
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| Colección: | Manchester medieval literature and culture ;
22. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acting as Catherine: writing the history of female performers
- 'I, Catherine': biography, documentary culture, and public presence
- Performance and the parish: space, memory, and material devotion
- Negotiated devotions and performed histories: laywomen in monastic spaces
- 'Call me Claude': female actors, impersonation, and cultural transmission