Bodies beyond labels finding joy in the shadows of imperial Spain edited by Daniel Holcombe and Frederick A. de Armas

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holcombe, Daniel, editor.

De Armas, Frederick A., 1945- editor.

Series:

Toronto Iberic 90

Toronto Iberic 90.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Sex in literature.

Homosexuality in literature.

Sex customs in literature.

Joy in literature.

Sex customs--Spain--History.

Sex customs.

Imperialism--Social aspects.

Spanish literature--History and criticism.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

University of Toronto Press 2024

Toronto Buffalo London University of Toronto Press 2024

Summary:

"Bodies beyond Labels explores moments of joy and joyful expressions of self-identity, intimacy, sexuality, affect, friendship, social relationships, and religiosity in imperial Spanish cultures, a period when embodiments of such joy were shadowed by comparatively more constrictive social conventions. Viewed in this manner, joy frames historic references to gender, sexuality, and present-day concepts of queerness through homoeroticism, non-labelled bodies, gender fluidity, and performativity. This collection reveals diverse glimmers of joy through a variety of genres, including plays, poems, novels, autobiographies, biblical narratives, and civil law texts, among others. The book is divided into five categories: theatrical works that use mythology to enjoy themes of homoeroticism; narrative prose and visual arts that reveal public and private homoerotic expressions; scopophilia within garden and museum spaces that make possible joyous observations of non-labelled and non-corporeal bodies; biblical narratives and epistolary works that signal religious transgressions of gender and friendship; and sexual geographies explored in historic and legal documents. As new generations develop more nuanced senses of gender and sexual identities, Bodies beyond Labels strives to provide new academic optics, as framed by non-labelled bodies, queer theorizations, joy in unexpected places, and the light that has historically (re)emerged from the shadows."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Frontmatter Contents Illustrations Introduction PART ONE Expressions of Joy in Light and Shadow: Pagan Myth and Christian Gazes 1 Forging Ganymede in Winckelmann's History of the Art of Antiquity and Lope de Vega's El castigo sin venganza 2 Ganymede, Narcissus, and the Joys of Teasing the Pagan in Tirso de Molina's Religious La mejor espigadera (1614) PART TWO Homoeroticism as Joyous Loving 3 Secret Intimacies: Eternal Homoeroticism in Cervantes's El curioso impertinente 4 Queer Raptures Past and Present: Saint Sebastian and the Homoerotics of Martyrdom in Early Modern Spain and Italy 5 El casamiento entre dos damas by Pedro de Navarro: Finding the Joys of Non-heteronormativity in the Shadows of an Early Modern Spanish Romance PART THREE Celebrating Joyful Non-labelled Bodies: Defying Fixed Identities 6 Joyful Visual Reinterpretations of Cervantes's Dulcinea at the Graphic Humor Museum That Bears Her Name 7 Gardens of Gendered Joy in Tirso de Molina's El vergonzoso en palacio (1621) PART FOUR Joys of Heaven and Earth 8 The Laugh of the Tenth Muse 9 "Special Friendships" in the Convent 10 Trans-figura-d in Joy: The Sensuality of Celestial Feasts in the Pageants of Juana de la Cruz (1481-1534) PART FIVE Finding Joy in Unexpected Places: Geographies of Sexual Exploration 11 Early Global Sexualities: Antonio Pigafetta and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 12 (Dis)locations of Sodomy in Early Modern Spain Contributors Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Print version Bodies beyond labels

Print version:

ISBN:

148755690X

9781487556914

1487556918

9781487556907

OCLC:

1417668740

Publisher Number:

CIPO000232083

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license