The Politics of Courtly Dancing in Early Modern England

ISBN-13: 9781558491441 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 224 str.

Skiles Howard

Opis

This book argues that in early modern England, dance was not merely a pleasant pastime, but an intricate network of bodily negotiations of power, sex and territory as well. Traditionally a vital part of popular festivals and seasonal celebrations, dancing moved from public, open spaces into the confines of the court during the early Tudor era and became an important means of aristocratic self-fashioning.