Representations of the body in Middle English Biblical drama / Estella Ciobanu.
2018
PR643.M8 C56 2018
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Title
Representations of the body in Middle English Biblical drama / Estella Ciobanu.
ISBN
9783319909189 (electronic book)
3319909185 (electronic book)
9783319909172
3319909185 (electronic book)
9783319909172
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
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PR643.M8 C56 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
822/.2
Summary
Representations of the Body in Middle English Biblical Drama combines epistemological enquiry, gender theory and Foucauldian concepts to investigate the body as a useful site for studying power, knowledge and truth. Intertwining the conceptualizations of violence and the performativity of gender identity and roles, Estella Ciobanu argues that studying violence in drama affords insights into the cultural and social aspects of the later Middle Ages. The text investigates these biblical plays through the perspective of the devil and offers a unique lens that exposes medieval disquiets about Christian teachings and the discourse of power. Through detailed primary source analysis and multidisciplinary scholarship, Ciobanu constructs a text that interrogates the significance of performance far beyond the stage.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed August 7, 2018).
Series
New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Table of Contents
Skeletons in the closet of religious dramas
Travestied social dramas.
Travestied social dramas.