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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dian Fox-HindleyPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9781496207739ISBN 10: 1496207734 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 01 January 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Honor, Gender, and (Spanish) Nation Part 1. Hercules 2. Hercules Hispanicus 3. The Deaths of Hercules 4. Hercules Redux: Transvestism and the Hombre Esquivo Part 2. King Sebastian 5. En Route to King Sebastian 6. The Once and Future King: Sebastian and Sebastianisms 7. Staging Sebastian: The Body that Mattered 8. Conclusions Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsDian Fox's perceptive analysis of the complex cultural appropriation of both flawed masculine figures for political, nationalist, and imperial ends astutely uncovers anxieties in ideological conceptions of manhood and nationhood in Habsburg Spain. Fox's writing is erudite yet easily approachable, engaging, and superbly readable. Her book will have a wide appeal among scholars and students who are interested in questions of masculinity from a historical, social, and cultural perspective. -Jose R. Cartagena-Calderon, associate professor of Romance languages and literatures at Pomona College and author of Masculinidades en obras -- Jose R. Cartagena-Calderon A compelling study of the crisis of masculinity shaping seventeenth-century Spanish and Portuguese nationhood. Fox brilliantly analyzes theatrical representations of Hercules and King Sebastian that dramatize damage done by an excess or lack of sexual desire to marriage alliances that secure the pure blood fundamental to honor. -Barbara F. Weissberger, author of Isabel Rules: Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power -- Barbara F. Weissberger Erudite and thought-provoking, Hercules and the King of Portugal casts new light on the performance of masculinity in two of Iberia's foundational icons. This is a pivotal study not only on the cultural renderings of the hombre esquivo but also on early modern conceptions of family, lineage, and nationhood. -Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas, Frank P. Casa Collegiate Professor of Spanish, University of Michigan -- Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas Dian Fox's perceptive analysis of the complex cultural appropriation of both flawed masculine figures for political, nationalist, and imperial ends astutely uncovers anxieties in ideological conceptions of manhood and nationhood in Habsburg Spain. Fox's writing is erudite yet easily approachable, engaging, and superbly readable. Her book will have a wide appeal among scholars and students who are interested in questions of masculinity from a historical, social, and cultural perspective. -Jose R. Cartagena-Calderon, associate professor of Romance languages and literatures at Pomona College and author of Masculinidades en obras -- Jose R. Cartagena-Calderon A compelling study of the crisis of masculinity shaping seventeenth-century Spanish and Portuguese nationhood. Fox brilliantly analyzes theatrical representations of Hercules and King Sebastian that dramatize damage done by an excess or lack of sexual desire to marriage alliances that secure the pure blood fundamental to honor. -Barbara F. Weissberger, author of Isabel Rules: Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power -- Barbara F. Weissberger Erudite and thought-provoking, Hercules and the King of Portugal casts new light on the performance of masculinity in two of Iberia's foundational icons. This is a pivotal study not only on the cultural renderings of the hombre esquivo but also on early modern conceptions of family, lineage, and nationhood. -Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas, Frank P. Casa Collegiate Professor of Spanish, University of Michigan -- Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas This is an eloquently written and persuasively argued groundbreaking study. Fox's writing is erudite, yet easily approachable, engaging, and superbly readable. Those interested in early modern Spanish theater generally and in Calderon de la Barca particularly will find the work of this established scholar extremely valuable. Fox's book accomplishes a great deal, going beyond a literary study to document the sociohistorical circumstances and contexts in which both Hercules and King Sebastian were made and unmade into early modern cultural icons of masculinity and nation. Her book will have a wide appeal among scholars and students who are interested in questions of masculinity from a historical, social, and cultural perspective. -Jose R. Cartagena-Calderon, Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies -- Jose R. Cartagena-Calderon * Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies * """This is an eloquently written and persuasively argued groundbreaking study. Fox’s writing is erudite, yet easily approachable, engaging, and superbly readable. Those interested in early modern Spanish theater generally and in Calderón de la Barca particularly will find the work of this established scholar extremely valuable. Fox’s book accomplishes a great deal, going beyond a literary study to document the sociohistorical circumstances and contexts in which both Hercules and King Sebastian were made and unmade into early modern cultural icons of masculinity and nation. Her book will have a wide appeal among scholars and students who are interested in questions of masculinity from a historical, social, and cultural perspective.""—José R. Cartagena-Calderón, Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies “Erudite and thought-provoking, Hercules and the King of Portugal casts new light on the performance of masculinity in two of Iberia’s foundational icons. This is a pivotal study not only on the cultural renderings of the hombre esquivo but also on early modern conceptions of family, lineage, and nationhood.”—Enrique García Santo-Tomás, Frank P. Casa Collegiate Professor of Spanish, University of Michigan “A compelling study of the crisis of masculinity shaping seventeenth-century Spanish and Portuguese nationhood. Fox brilliantly analyzes theatrical representations of Hercules and King Sebastian that dramatize damage done by an excess or lack of sexual desire to marriage alliances that secure the pure blood fundamental to honor.”—Barbara F. Weissberger, author of Isabel Rules: Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power “Dian Fox’s perceptive analysis of the complex cultural appropriation of both flawed masculine figures for political, nationalist, and imperial ends astutely uncovers anxieties in ideological conceptions of manhood and nationhood in Habsburg Spain. Fox’s writing is erudite yet easily approachable, engaging, and superbly readable. Her book will have a wide appeal among scholars and students who are interested in questions of masculinity from a historical, social, and cultural perspective.”—José R. Cartagena-Calderón, associate professor of Romance languages and literatures at Pomona College and author of Masculinidades en obras" Author InformationDian Fox is a professor emerita of Hispanic studies and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Brandeis University. She is the author of Refiguring the Hero: From Peasant to Noble in Lope de Vega and Calderón and Kings in Calderón: A Study in Characterization and Political Theory. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |