Force of Habit (La Fuerza De La Costumbre) By Guillen De Castro

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 English and Spanish audiences with a performance-tested translation on facing pages.

About the author

GuillÃ(c)n de Castro y Bellvis (1569-1631) was a Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age.

Melissa R. Machit holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University.

Kathleen Jeffs is Chair of the Theatre and Dance Department, Gonzaga University.

Summary

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 English and Spanish audiences with a performance-tested translation on facing pages.

Product details

• Authors: Guillen de Castro, Guillén de Castro, Kathleen Jeffs, Melissa R. Machit
• Assisted by: Melissa R Machit (Editor), Melissa R. Machit (Editor), Kathleen Jeffs (Translation)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781786941459
• ISBN: 978-1-78694-145-9
• No. of pages: 382
• Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics; Aris and Phillips Hispanic Cla; Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics; Aris and Phillips Hispanic Cla
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories