1st Edition

Erotic Politics The Dynamics of Desire in the Renaissance Theatre

Edited By Susan Zimmerman Copyright 1993
210 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Identifying the stage as a primary site for erotic display, these essays take eroticism in Renaissance culture as a paradigm for issues of sexuality and identity in early modern culture. Contributors examine how the Renaissance stage functioned as a decoder for erotic experience, both reinforcing and subverting expected sexual behaviour. They argue that the dynamics of theatrical eroticism served... Read more
Contributors include: Peter Stallybrass, Valerie Traub, Catherine Belsey Jean E. Howard,

Biography

Susan Zimmerman