Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers - Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)

Pop culture portrayals of medieval and early modern monarchs are rife with tension between authenticity and modern mores, producing anachronisms such as a feminist Queen Isabel (in RTVE's Isabel) and a lesbian Queen Christina (in The Girl King). This book examines these anachronisms as a dialogue between premodern and postmodern ideas about gender and sexuality, raising questions of intertemporality, the interpretation of history, and the dangers of presentism. Covering a range of famous and lesser-known European monarchs on screen, from Elizabeth I to Muhammad XII of Granada, this book addresses how the lives of powerful women and men have been mythologized in order to appeal to today's audiences. The contributors interrogate exactly what is at stake in these portrayals; namely, our understanding of premodern rulers, the gender and sexual ideologies they navigated, and those that we navigate today.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Queenship and Power
Release date:	June 2019
First published:	2018
Editors:	Janice North • Karl C. Alvestad • Elena Woodacre
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	351
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-88656-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-319-88656-8
Barcode:	9783319886565

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