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Shakespeare's domestic economies : gender and property in early modern England
- Title
- Shakespeare's domestic economies : gender and property in early modern England / Natasha Korda.
- Author
- Korda, Natasha.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR3069.S45 K67 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 276 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Shakespeare's Domestic Economies explores representations of female subjectivity in Shakespearean drama from a refreshingly new perspective, situating The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, and Measure for Measure in relation to early modern England's nascent consumer culture and competing conceptions of property. Drawing evidence from legal documents, economic treatises, domestic manuals, marriage sermons, household inventories, and wills to explore the realities and dramatic representations of women's domestic roles, Natasha Korda departs from traditional accounts of the commodification of women, which maintain that throughout history women have been "trafficked" as passive objects of exchange between men."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-262) and index.
- Contents
- Housekeeping and household stuff -- Household Kates: domesticating commodities in The taming of the shrew -- Judicious oeillades: supervising marital property in The merry wives of Windsor -- The tragedy of the handkerchief: female paraphernalia and the properties of jealousy in Othello -- Isabella's rule: singlewomen and the properties of poverty in Measure for measure.
- ISBN
- 0812236637
- 9780812236637
- LCCN
- 2002019425
- OCLC
- ocm49261214
- 49261214
- SCSB-14645292
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library