Unruly Women: Performance, Penitence, and Punishment in Early Modern Spain

by Margaret E. Boyle

Book Overview

In the first in-depth study of the interconnected relationships among public theatre, custodial institutions, and women in early modern Spain, Margaret E. Boyle explores the contradictory practices of rehabilitation enacted by women both on and off stage. Pairing historical narratives and archival records with canonical and non-canonical theatrical representations of women's deviance and rehabilitation, Unruly Women argues that women's performances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487520263
• ISBN13: 9781487520267
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher