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

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2009
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • 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