Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850 (Paperback, New edition)

Masquerading as a man, seeking adventure, going to war or to sea for love and glory, the transvestite heroine flourished in all kinds of literature, especially ballads, from the Renaissance to the Victorian age. Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850 identifies this heroine and her significance as a figure in folklore, and as a representative of popular culture, prompting important reevaluations of gender and sexuality. Dugaw has uncovered a fascination with women cross-dressers in the popular literature of early modern Europe and America. Surveying a wide range of Anglo-American texts from popular ballads and chapbook life histories to the comedies and tragedies of aristocratic literature, she demonstrates the extent to which gender and sexuality are enacted as constructs of history.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Dianne Dugaw
Dimensions:	153 x 222 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-16916-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Music > Folk music
LSN:	0-226-16916-2
Barcode:	9780226169163

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