Performing women : gender, self, and representation in late medieval Metz /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crowder, Susannah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018
Series:Manchester medieval literature and culture ; 22.
Subjects:
Catherine, > of Siena, Saint, > 1347-1380 > In literature.
Catherine, > of Siena, Saint, > 1347-1380
1400-1599
Actresses > France > Metz > History.
Drama > 15th and 16th centuries > History and criticism.
Actrices > France > Metz > Histoire.
Théâtre (Genre littéraire) > 15e et 16e siècles > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
Actresses
Drama
Literature
France > Metz
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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