LEADER 04498nam 2200901 450 001 9910807422303321 005 20230125195150.0 010 $a1-4426-9753-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442697539 035 $a(CKB)2560000000056011 035 $a(EBL)4672921 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11325718 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10604146 035 $a(PQKB)11603586 035 $a(CEL)433760 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00226147 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3272897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672921 035 $a(DE-B1597)465218 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954768 035 $a(OCoLC)944176540 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442697539 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672921 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258572 035 $a(OCoLC)958581609 035 $a(OCoLC)759157460 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105838 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000056011 100 $a20160916h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLelia's kiss $eimagining gender, sex, and marriage in Italian Renaissance comedy /$fLaura Giannetti 210 1$aToronto, [Canada] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (346 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Italian Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-9951-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Lelia's kiss and Renaissance comedy -- Women in men's clothing : female cross-dressing plays and the construction of feminine identity -- Woman with woman : 'ma che potra? succedermi se io donna amo una donna?' -- Men in women's clothing : male cross-dressing plays and the construction of masculine identity -- Pedants, candlemakers, and boys : sodomy and comedy -- The playing of matrimony. 330 $aIn Lelia's Kiss, Laura Giannetti offers a new perspective on the way gender and marriage were portrayed, imagined, and critiqued on stage during the Italian Renaissance. Going beyond the traditional canon, Giannetti focuses her study on the social and cultural scripts found in a wide array of comedies of the period to reveal the relativity of sex and gender roles and their cultural construction in Renaissance society. Giannetti argues that the comedic dialogue and cross-dressing characters so prevalent in Italian Renaissance comedies played with the presuppositions of the day and engaged with contemporary social norms, expectations, and desires. Cross-dressing female characters reveal the relativity of sex and gender roles, and also present a vision of female empowerment. At the same time, cross-dressing male characters suggest a unique perception of the male life cycle that was more uncertain and contested than often assumed, and show more broadly how masculinity was also socially and culturally constructed. In discussing marriage, sexuality, and gender roles, the comedies deploy a social scripting that not only reflects and comments on the everyday life of the time, but also interacts with it with playful humor and revealing insight. 410 0$aToronto Italian studies. 606 $aItalian drama (Comedy)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aItalian drama$yTo 1700$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aGender identity in literature 606 $aSex in literature 606 $aMarriage in literature 606 $aMasculinity in literature 606 $aFemininity in literature 606 $aTheater$zItaly$xHistory 607 $aItaly$2fast 608 $aHistory. 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aItalian drama (Comedy)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aItalian drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aGender identity in literature. 615 0$aSex in literature. 615 0$aMarriage in literature. 615 0$aMasculinity in literature. 615 0$aFemininity in literature. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory. 676 $a852/.05230902 700 $aGiannetti$b Laura$01624423 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807422303321 996 $aLelia's kiss$94074110 997 $aUNINA