Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640: Turning the World Upside Down (Cultures of Early Modern Europe) - 9781350020672

The authors 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.

• | Author: Susan D. Amussen, David E. Underdown
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Apr 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1350020672
• | ISBN-13: 9781350020672