The politics of courtly dancing in early modern England /
Skiles Howard examines the social and semiotic complexities of dancing as it changed over time and performed different work in court, city, and play-house. She shows how dancing reflected and shaped wider social changes: the performance of gender roles facilitated the formation of the patriarchal fa...
| Основен автор: | Howard, Skiles. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
℗♭1998.
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| Серия: |
Massachusetts studies in early modern culture.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13856 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Politics of courtly dancing in early modern England. |
| Резюме: |
Skiles Howard examines the social and semiotic complexities of dancing as it changed over time and performed different work in court, city, and play-house. She shows how dancing reflected and shaped wider social changes: the performance of gender roles facilitated the formation of the patriarchal family, the execution of physical tropes of hierarchy supported the rise of a centralized state, and rehearsals of spatial mastery assisted the project of national expansion. As a visual and kinetic discourse by which social norms were circulated, dancing inevitably became a site of contestation; as elite and popular practices collided, interacted, and were transformed, countervailing social forces found expression through the medium of dancing. Interdisciplinary in its approach, this study draws on court masque and popular drama, dancing manuals, Puritan pamphlets, and educational and medical treatises to explore issues of power and the body, gender and rank, popular culture and European expansion. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-216) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0585083673 9780585083674 |