Lelia's kiss : imagining gender, sex, and marriage in Italian Renaissance comedy / / Laura Giannetti

• Autore: Giannetti Laura
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 852/.05230902
• Soggetto topico: Italian drama (Comedy) - History and criticism; Italian drama - To 1700 - History and criticism; Sex role in literature; Gender identity in literature; Sex in literature; Marriage in literature; Masculinity in literature; Femininity in literature; Theater - Italy - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Lelia's Kiss and Renaissance Comedy -- 1. Women in Men's Clothing: Female Cross- Dressing Plays and the Construction of Feminine Identity -- 2. Woman with Woman: 'Ma che potrà succedermi se io donna amo una Donna?' -- 3. Men in Women's Clothing: Male Cross- Dressing Plays and the Construction of Masculine Identity -- 4. Pedants, Candlemakers, and Boys: Sodomy and Comedy -- 5. The Playing of Matrimony -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Lelia's Kiss analyzes gender roles, sexuality, and marriage in the Italian Renaissance through the lens of a large number of comedies from the period, ranging well beyond the traditional canon. Focusing on the social and cultural scripts found within these comedies, Laura Giannetti offers a new perspective on the way gender and marriage were portrayed, imagined, and critiqued on stage during the Italian Renaissance.Giannetti argues that these Renaissance plays created an often humorous dialogue with the presuppositions of their day, engaging with contemporary social norms, expectations and desires. The actions and choices of cross-dressing female and male characters challenged standard discourse and illustrated how masculinity and femininity was socially and culturally constructed. By examining representations of gender and marriage onstage, Lelia's Kiss demonstrates that Renaissance comedies not only reflected and commented on the everyday life of the time, but also interacted with it, exercising playful humour and revealing insight.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lelia's kiss
• ISBN: 1-4426-9753-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458218503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Toronto Italian studies.