Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture (Queenship and Power)

Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture (Queenship and Power)

by Elena Woodacre (Editor), Janice North (Editor), Karl C. Alvestad (Editor)

Synopsis

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).

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 370
Edition: 1st ed. 2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 21 Mar 2018

ISBN 10: 3319687700
ISBN 13: 9783319687704