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Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture

By Janice North, Karl C. Alvestad, Elena Woodacre

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About the book

Pop culture portrayals of medieval and early modern monarchs are rife with tension between authenticity and modern mores, producing anachronisms such as a feminist Queen Isabel (in RTVE’s Isabel) and a lesbian Queen Christina (in The Girl King). This book examines these anachronisms as a dialogue between premodern and postmodern ideas about gender and sexuality, raising questions of intertemporality, the interpretation of history, and the dangers of presentism. Covering a range of famous and les...Show more

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9783319886565

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Published year

2019

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1

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Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture

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Paperback

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