02506nam 22006374a 450 991114106910332120251116215230.00-8166-9488-5(CKB)1000000000466664(SSID)ssj0000280995(PQKBManifestationID)11222333(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280995(PQKBWorkID)10299939(PQKB)10895984(SSID)ssj0000183967(PQKBManifestationID)12004484(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183967(PQKBWorkID)10200571(PQKB)10991670(OCoLC)191953057(MdBmJHUP)muse39336(Au-PeEL)EBL310653(CaPaEBR)ebr10151227(CaONFJC)MIL522826(MiAaPQ)EBC310653(EXLCZ)99100000000046666420030703d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIsabel rules constructing queenship, wielding power /Barbara F. Weissberger1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc2004xxvii, 326 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8166-4164-1 0-8166-4165-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-306) and index.Anxious masculinity -- Fashioning Isabel's sovereignty -- The discourse of effeminacy in Isabelline historiography -- The neo-Gothic theory and the queen's body -- Luis de Lucena and the rules of the game -- The mad queen -- Isabel in the Twentieth Century.As queen of Spain, Isabel I of Castile (Isabella the Catholic) laid the foundations for its emergence as the largest empire the West has ever known. This is the first book to examine the formation of the queen's image, focusing on strategies used to cope with the dissonance created by the combination of her gender and her patriarchal political program.Sex role in literatureSpanish literatureTo 1500History and criticismWomen in literatureSex role in literature.Spanish literatureHistory and criticism.Women in literature.860.9/351Weissberger Barbara FMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911141069103321UNINA