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The force of habit La fuerza de la costumbre /

Is gender learned or innate? This controversial play asks the question: what happens if you raise a boy to sew and behave as a girl, and raise his sister to fight as a soldier? For the first time, Guillén de Castro's La fuerza de la costumbre ('The Force of Habit') is available to En...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Castro, Guillén de, 1569-1631 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Jeffs, Kathleen, 1981- (Traductor), Machit, Melissa Reneé (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019.
Colección:Aris & Phillips Hispanic classics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Biography of Guillén de Castro
  • Plot Summary
  • Textual History
  • The Present Edition
  • The Editio Princeps and Manuscripts
  • Editorial Methods
  • Metrical Analysis
  • Critical Essay. Bad Habits: Gender Made and Remade in La fuerza de la costumbre
  • Introduction: La fuerza de la costumbre, The Power of Habit
  • I. Cross-Dressing in Spanish Golden Age Theater
  • II. Masculine Perfection: Theorized and Performed
  • III. Gender Trouble in La fuerza de la costumbre'
  • Dressing Up as 'Oneself
  • IV. Gen(i)us and Gen(d)eration: the Conceits and Conceptions of Paternal ingenio in La fuerza de la costumbre
  • In the Name of the Father: Félix's Transition
  • In the Name of the Father: Félix's Transition
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Translator's Note
  • Illustrations
  • La fuerza de la costumbre / The Force of Habit
  • Index of Variants