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In this study of popular drama in the period from 1350 to 1520, the author argues that many types of performances during this time represented cultural evasions to the imposition of disciplinary power.

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Bodily transactions - performance, identity and commodification; fashioned subjectivity and the regulation of difference; counterfeit in their array - crossdressing in Robin Hood performances; conduct books and good governance; mischievous governance - the unruly bodies of morality plays; devoted bodies - books of hours and the self-consuming subject; violated bodies - the spectacle of suffering in Corpus Christi pageants.

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1997
      ISBN13: 9780816629275, 978-0816629275
      ISBN10: 0816629277

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this study of popular drama in the period from 1350 to 1520, the author argues that many types of performances during this time represented cultural evasions to the imposition of disciplinary power.

      Table of Contents
      Bodily transactions - performance, identity and commodification; fashioned subjectivity and the regulation of difference; counterfeit in their array - crossdressing in Robin Hood performances; conduct books and good governance; mischievous governance - the unruly bodies of morality plays; devoted bodies - books of hours and the self-consuming subject; violated bodies - the spectacle of suffering in Corpus Christi pageants.

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