Performing Maternity in Early Modern England

By Kathryn R. McPherson

The essays in Performing Maternity in Early Modern England explore maternity's textual and cultural representation, performative aspects and practical consequences from 1540-1690. They emphasize that the embodied, repeated and public nature of maternity defines it as inherently performative and ultimately central to the production of gender identity in the period.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754661172
• ISBN13: 9780754661177
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"