Lelia's Kiss : : Imagining Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Comedy / / Laura Giannetti.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Giannetti, Laura,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442697539; 9783110667691; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442697539
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Laura Giannetti.

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.