Gender and Medieval Drama

by Katie Normington

The focus of this study is upon the Corpus Christi plays, supplemented by other performance practices such as festive and social entertainments, civic parades, funeral processions and public punishments. The main argument relates to the traditional approaches to women's non-performance in the Corpus Christi dramas, but other factors are considered and analysed, including the semiotics of the cross-dressed actor and the significance of the visual and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843840278
• ISBN13: 9781843840275
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"