Staging Violence: Gender and Social Control in Jácaras and Entremeses - Paperback

by Tania De Miguel Magro (Author)

In Staging Violence the author explores what is common to both the short theater and the comedia: gender violence. Through three main themes, the book deals with violence against women in the entremeses (mainly wife-battering), violence against men in the entremeses (mainly queer and older men), and violence in the jácaras.

Author Biography

Tania de Miguel Magro is Associate Professor at West Virginia University, where she teaches courses on Spanish literature and culture. Her main area of study is early modern Spanish theater, with an emphasis on issues of gender and social struggles.