Staging Violence

<p><em>Staging Violence</em> explores gender violence in Spanish early modern short theater.</p><p>This book deals with domestic violence against women extortion of prostitutes and violence against men who display non-conventional forms of masculinity. The author argues that many <em>jácaras</em><em> </em>and <em>entremeses</em><em> </em>stage subversive discourses that repudiate or complicate official narratives of gender and the use of violence as a tool for achieving gender compliance. Short comic pieces are read against <i>comedias</i>. Each section of the book is expertly contextualized through an overview of the legal and moral contexts and the analysis of a variety of primary sources (law codes manuals of conduct church rulings transcripts of civil and religious trials and medical manuals) as well as statistical information. <em>Staging Violence</em> invites the reader to consider the transgressive potential of performance. </p><p>As the first monograph entirely dedicated to the study of gender in this genre this book is a vital resource for students and scholars interested in gender studies and theatre. </p>