| Description |
1 online resource. |
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Aris & Phillips Hispanic classics
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Aris & Phillips Hispanic classics.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Biography of Guillén de Castro -- Plot Summary -- Textual History -- The Present Edition -- The Editio Princeps and Manuscripts -- Editorial Methods -- Metrical Analysis -- Critical Essay. Bad Habits: Gender Made and Remade in La fuerza de la costumbre -- Introduction: La fuerza de la costumbre, The Power of Habit -- I. Cross-Dressing in Spanish Golden Age Theater -- II. Masculine Perfection: Theorized and Performed -- III. Gender Trouble in La fuerza de la costumbre' -- Dressing Up as 'Oneself |
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IV. Gen(i)us and Gen(d)eration: the Conceits and Conceptions of Paternal ingenio in La fuerza de la costumbre -- In the Name of the Father: Félix's Transition -- In the Name of the Father: Félix's Transition -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Translator's Note -- Illustrations -- La fuerza de la costumbre / The Force of Habit -- Index of Variants |
| Summary |
Is gender learned or innate? This controversial play asks the question: what happens if you raise a boy to sew and behave as a girl, and raise his sister to fight as a soldier? For the first time, Guillén de Castro's La fuerza de la costumbre ('The Force of Habit') is available to English and Spanish audiences with a performance-tested translation on facing pages. |
| Language |
Parallel Spanish text and English translation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sex role -- Drama.
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Sex role. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Added Author |
Jeffs, Kathleen, 1981- translator.
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Machit, Melissa Reneé, editor.
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Castro, Guillén de, 1569-1631.
Fuerza de la costumbre.
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Castro, Guillén de, 1569-1631.
Fuerza de la costumbre. English.
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| Added Title |
Fuerza de la costumbre |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781786941442 1786941449 9781786941459 1786941457 (OCoLC)1079795962 |
| ISBN |
9781800345294 (electronic bk.) |
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1800345291 (electronic bk.) |
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9781786941442 |
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1786941449 |
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9781786941459 |
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1786941457 |
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