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Parlour games and the public life of women in Renaissance Italy / George McClure

McClure, George W., 1951-

Toronto [u.a.] : Univ. of Toronto Press, 2013

XVI, 319 S : Ill

Englisch

Chapter 1: The Renaissance Theory of PlayChapter 2: The Academy of the Intronati and Sienese Women (1525-1555) -- Chapter 3: The Games of Girolamo and Scipione Bargagli (1563-1569) -- Chapter 4: Fortunes, Medals, Emblems: The Public Face of Private Women -- Chapter 5: The Birth of the Assicurate: Italy's First Female Academy (1654-1704) -- Chapter 6: Girolamo Gigli: The Legacy of the Sienese Games and Sienese Women.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online-Ausg.: Parlour games and the public life of women in Renaissance Italy

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: McClure, George, Parlour Games and the Public Life of Women in Renaissance Italy] / Lisa Regan, 2014

1-4426-4659-4 ; 978-1-4426-4659-9

2013370636

9781442646599

OCoLC: 823506306     

OCoLC: 823506306 (aus SWB)     

HQ1149.I8

305.4094509/031 ; 305.4094509031     Ähnliche Literatur

Basisklassifikation: 15.67 (Italien) <Geschichte> ; 71.33 (Frau) <Soziologie> ; 76.30 (Spiele)

SSG-Nummer(n): 8,2; 1

*Italien ; Frau ; Gesellschaftsspiel ; Öffentlichkeit ; Renaissance ; Geschichte 1420-1600     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Women -- Italy -- Social life and customs -- 16th century ; Women -- Italy -- Intellectual life -- 16th century ; Women -- Italy -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 ; Indoor games -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- 16th century ; Renaissance -- Italy ; Italy -- Social life and customs -- 16th century ; Women -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Italy ; Women -- Intellectual life -- 16th century -- Italy ; Women -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- Italy ; Indoor games -- Social aspects -- History -- 16th century -- Italy ; Renaissance -- Italy ; Italy -- Social life and customs -- 16th century

"Confined by behavioural norms and professional restrictions, women in Renaissance Italy found a welcome escape in an alternative world of play. This book examines the role of games of wit in the social and cultural experience of patrician women from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth century

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Beneath the frivolous exterior of such games as occasions for idle banter, flirtation, and seduction, there often lay a lively contest for power and agency, and the opportunity for conventional women to demonstrate their intellect, to achieve a public identity, and even to model new behaviour and institutions in the non-ludic world. By tapping into the records and cultural artifacts of these games, George McClure recovers a realm of female fame that has largely escaped the notice of modern historians, and in so doing, reveals a cohort of spirited, intellectual women outside of the courts."--pub. desc