Valeria Finucci: 2 books
The Manly Masquerade
Masculinity, Paternity, and Castration in the Italian Renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2003
The Manly Masquerade unravels the complex ways men were defined as men in Renaissance Italy through readings of a vast array of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century evidence: medical and travel literature; theology; law; myth; conduct books; and plays, chivalric romances, and novellas by authors including...
by Valeria Finucci
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions.