During the Golden Age of Spanish theater Tirso de Molina was
especially well known for his prortrayal of women and his use of
female disguise and crossdressing on stage. This work examines how
this tendency can be understood as a mechanism for females in the
play, and in society as a whole, to skirt societal rules and gain
power to act and achieve their goals. Although crossdressing has
typically been understood in psycho-sexual terms, I argue that an
analysis using power mechanisms is a better fit. The dificullty
that results in the use of disguise and cross-dressing is a
tendency for Tirso's charachters to lose control of themselves and
their created identity. This highlights the dangers inherent in the
use of masquing behavior. This work is designed for those working
with Spanish Golden Age theater. It is also applicable as a
companion to studies in English theater of the period, and can be
read in comparison with feminist and psychological analysis of
theater. Because in deals with cross-dressing, this book may also
be of use to gender and sexuality studies.
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