The Body of the Queen: Gender And Rule in the Courtly World, 1500 - 2000

ISBN 10 : 184545121X ISBN 13 : 9781845451219

Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2006

Synopsis

How many "bodies" does a queen have? What is the significance of multiple "bodies"? How has the gendered body been constructed and perceived within the context of the European courts during the course of the past five centuries? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology, a contribution to the ongoing debate provoked by Ernst H. Kantorowicz in his seminal work from 1957, The King's Two Bodies. On the basis of both textual self-presentations and visual representations a gradual transformation of the queen appears: A sacred/providential figure in medieval and early modern period, an ideal bourgeois wife during the late-18th and 19th Centuries, and a star-like (re-) presentation of royalty during the past century. Twentieth-century mass media has produced the celebrity and film star queens personified by the contested and enigmatic Nefertiti of ancient Egypt, the mysterious Elizabeth (Sisi) of Austria, Grace Kelly as Queen of both Hollywood and Monaco and Romy Schneider as the invented Empress.

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À propos de l'auteur

Regina Schulte's main fields of research are social and cultural history from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, especially the history of crime, gender and war. She taught Modern History and Gender History at Technical University Berlin, Bochum, Cornell University, and European University Institute Florence. Currently she holds a Chair of Modern and Contemporary History/Gender History at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berghahn Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184545121X
• ISBN 13: 9781845451219
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Schulte Regina
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