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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Crowder, Susannah (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Catherine, > of Siena, Saint, > 1347-1380.
Catherine, > of Siena, Saint, > 1347-1380 > In literature.
Literature.
Drama.
Actresses.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Drama > 15th and 16th centuries > History and criticism.
Actresses > France > Metz > History.
France > Metz.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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