| Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640: Turning the World Upside Down Contributor(s): Amussen, Susan D. (Author), Kümin, Beat (Editor), Underdown, David E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350090050 ISBN-13: 9781350090057 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $47.47 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science | Gender Studies - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 305.309 |
| Series: Cultures of Early Modern Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.76 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640 integrates social history, politics and literary culture as part of a ground-breaking study that provides revealing insights into early modern English society. Susan D. Amussen and David E. Underdown examine political scandals and familiar characters-including scolds, cuckolds and witches-to show how their behaviour turned the ordered world around them upside down in very specific, gendered ways. Using case studies from theatre, civic ritual and witchcraft, the book demonstrates how ideas of gendered inversion, failed patriarchs, and disorderly women permeate the mental world of early modern England. Amussen and Underdown show both how these ideas were central to understanding society and politics as well as the ways in which both women and men were disciplined formally and informally for inverting the gender order. 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 interested in understanding the connections between social practice, culture, and politics in 16th- and 17th-century England. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cowan, Brian: - Brian Cowan is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Early Modern British History at McGill University, Canada. He is the author of The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse (2005), which was awarded the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize by the Canadian Historical Association in 2006, and The State Trial of Doctor Henry Sacheverell (2012). |