Gender, culture and politics in England, 1560-1640 : turning the world upside down / Susan D. Amussen and David E. Underdown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amussen, Susan Dwyer, author.

Underdown, David, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Series:

Cultures of early modern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--England--History.

Sex role.

Role reversal--England--History.

Role reversal.

Women--England--History.

Women.

Patriarchy--England--History.

Patriarchy.

Politics and culture--England--History.

Politics and culture.

Literature and society--England--History.

Literature and society.

England--Social conditions--16th century.

England.

England--Social conditions--17th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1558-1603.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Summary:

"Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640 integrates social history, politics and literary culture as part of a groundbreaking study that provides revealing insights into the lives of men and women in early modern England. Susan D. Amussen and David E. Underdown examine familiar chaotic characters from the period, such as scolds, cuckolds, witches and scandalous women, and consider the significance of the disorder they create and how they turn the ordered world around them upside down in a very specific, gendered way. Using case studies from theatre, civic ritual and witchcraft, the book demonstrates how the idea of an upside down world, centered on gender inversion, repeatedly permeates the mental world of early modern England. Amussen and Underdown show both how gender was central to understanding society, and the ways in which both unruly women and failed patriarchs were disciplined. In doing so, they give a glimpse of how we can connect different dimensions of early modern society. This is a vital study for anyone keen to know more about the importance of gender in society, culture and politics in 16th- and 17th-century England"--Provided by publisher

Contents:

Unruly women

Failed patriarchs

Performing inversion : theatre, politics, and society

Performing inversion in civic pageantry and charivari

Witches, magicians, and the upside-down world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1350090050

9781350090057

OCLC:

1030490880