The Politics of Courtly Dancing in Early Modern England

Scholar Skiles Howard examines the social and semiotic complexities of dance in Renaissance England as it changed over time and performed different work in court, city, and playhouse. Interdisciplinary in its approach, this well-researched study explores issues of power and the body, gender and rank, popular culture and European expansion. 20 illustrations.

About the author

An independent scholar, Skiles Howard has taught at Columbia and Brown universities. She is coeditor of A Midsummer Night's Dream, a volume in the Bedford Texts and Context series.

Summary

Argues that in early modern England, dance was not merely a pleasant pastime, but an intricate network of bodily negotiations of power, sex and territory as well. This text examines the social and semiotic complexities of dancing as it changed over time and how it reflected wider social changes.

Product details

• Authors: Skiles Howard
• Publisher: University Of Massachusetts Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.1998
• EAN: 9781558491441
• ISBN: 978-1-55849-144-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 237 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 585 g
• Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early; Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture; Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture; Massachusetts Studies in Early
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology