Erotic Politics - The Dynamics of Desire in the Renaissance Theatre

Informationen zum Autor Susan Zimmerman Klappentext Identifying the stage as a primary site for erotic display, these essays take eroticism in Renaissance culture as a paradigm for issues of sexuality and identity in early modern culture. Contributors examine how the Renaissance stage functioned as a decoder for erotic experience, both reinforcing and subverting expected sexual behaviour. They argue that the dynamics of theatrical eroticism served to deconstruct gender definitions, leaving conventional categories of sexuality blurred, confused - or absent. In seeking to reposition the conventions and subversions of gender and desire in terms of one another, these essays open up an attractive and distinctive perspective in cultural debate. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays looking at representations eroticism in the English Renaissance theatre and relating them to issues of identity and sexual definition in early modern culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors include: Peter Stallybrass, Valerie Traub, Catherine Belsey Jean E. Howard,

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• Authors: S. Zimmerman, Susan Zimmerman, ZIMMERMAN SUSAN
• Assisted by: Susan Zimmerman (Editor), Susan Zimmermann (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.1992
• EAN: 9780415066471
• ISBN: 978-0-415-06647-1
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, The arts: general topics