Subject Stages - Marriage, Theatre and the Law in Early Modern Spain

Informationen zum Autor María M. Carrión is Professor of Spanish, Religion, and Women's Studies at Emory University. Klappentext Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed each other in early modern Spain in ways that still have a critical bearing on contemporary events in Spain, such as the legalization of divorce in 1978 and of same-sex marriage in 2005. Zusammenfassung Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation! litigation! and theatrics informed each other in early modern Spain in ways that still have a critical bearing on contemporary events in Spain! such as the legalization of divorce in 1978 and of same-sex marriage in 2005. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction Marital Law and Order in Early Modern Spain Marriage Scenes in the Archives The Birth of the Comedia and the Bride OnstageFoundational Violence and the Drama of HonourPunishing Illicit DesireWoman in Breeches Coda: The Musical Chairs of Divorce Conclusion Notes Glossary Acknowledgments Works Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Maria Carrion, Maria M. Carrion
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2010
• EAN: 9781442641082
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4108-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: University of Toronto Romance Series; University of Toronto Romance; University of Toronto Romance Series; University of Toronto Romance
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet