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Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed each other in early modern Spain in ways that still have a critical bearing on contemporary events in Spain, such as the legalization of divorce in 1978 and of same-sex marriage in 2005.

Title Subject Stages : Marriage, Theatre and the Law in Early Modern Spain / Maria M. Carrion.
Publisher Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Creation Date [2017]
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Also available in print version.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Marital law and order in early modern Spain -- Marriage scenes in the archives -- The birth of the comedia and the bride onstage -- Foundational violence and the drama of honour -- Punishing illicit desire -- Woman in breeches -- Coda : the musical chairs of divorce.
Series University of Toronto Romance
Extent 1 online resource (267 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2010
National Library system number 997010713004005171
MARC RECORDS
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