{"product_id":"bodies-beyond-labels-finding-joy-in-the-shadows-of-imperial-spain-hardback-9781487556891","title":"Bodies Beyond Labels; Finding Joy in the Shadows of Imperial Spain (Hardback) 9781487556891","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBodies Beyond Labels\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFinding Joy in the Shadows of Imperial Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Holcombe (Edited by), Frederick A. de Armas (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487556891\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages, 25 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e24.9 x 15.7 x 3 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBodies beyond Labels\u003c\/em\u003e explores moments of joy and joyful expressions of self-identity, intimacy, sexuality, affect, friendship, social relationships, and religiosity in imperial Spanish cultures, a period when embodiments of such joy were shadowed by comparatively more constrictive social conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViewed in this manner, joy frames historic references to gender, sexuality, and present-day concepts of queerness through homoeroticism, non-labelled bodies, gender fluidity, and performativity. This collection reveals diverse glimmers of joy through a variety of genres, including plays, poems, novels, autobiographies, biblical narratives, and civil law texts, among others. The book is divided into five categories: theatrical works that use mythology to enjoy themes of homoeroticism; narrative prose and visual arts that reveal public and private homoerotic expressions; scopophilia within garden and museum spaces that make possible joyous observations of non-labelled and non-corporeal bodies; biblical narratives and epistolary works that signal religious transgressions of gender and friendship; and sexual geographies explored in historic and legal documents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs new generations develop more nuanced senses of gender and sexual identities, \u003cem\u003eBodies beyond Labels\u003c\/em\u003e strives to provide new academic optics, as framed by non-labelled bodies, queer theorizations, joy in unexpected places, and the light that has historically (re)emerged from the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I. Expressions of Joy in Light and Shadow: Pagan Myth and Christian Gazes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Forging Ganymede in Winckelmann\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Art of Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e and Lope de Vega\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eEl castigo sin venganza\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eFrederick A. de Armas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Ganymede, Narcissus, and the Joys of Teasing the Pagan in Tirso de Molina\u0026amp;#x2019;s Religious \u003cem\u003eLa mejor espigadera\u003c\/em\u003e (1614) \u003cbr\u003eFelipe E. Rojas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II. Homoeroticism as Joyous Loving\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Secret Intimacies: Eternal Homoeroticism in Cervantes\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eEl curioso impertinente\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Holcombe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Queer Raptures Past and Present: Saint Sebastian and the Homoerotics of Martyrdom in Early Modern Spain and Italy\u003cbr\u003eJosé R. Cartagena-Calderón\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.\u003cem\u003e El casamiento entre dos damas\u003c\/em\u003e by Pedro de Navarro: Finding the Joys of Non-Heteronormativity in the Shadows of an Early Modern Spanish \u003cem\u003eRomance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePablo Restrepo Gautier\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III. Celebrating Joyful Non-Labelled Bodies: Defying Fixed Identities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Joyful Visual Reinterpretations of Cervantes\u0026amp;#x2019;s\u003cem\u003e Dulcinea\u003c\/em\u003e at the Graphic Humour Museum That Bears Her Name\u003cbr\u003eMaría José Domínguez\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Gardens of Gendered Joy in Tirso de Molina\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eEl vergonzoso en palacio\u003c\/em\u003e (1621)\u003cbr\u003eLizette Arellano\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV. Joys of Heaven and Earth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Laugh of the Tenth Muse\u003cbr\u003eEmilie Bergmann\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. \"Special Friendships\" in the Convent\u003cbr\u003eBárbara Mujica\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Trans-\u003cem\u003efigura\u003c\/em\u003e-d in Joy: The Sensuality of Celestial Feasts in the Pageants of Juana de la Cruz (1481–1534)\u003cbr\u003eJessica A. Boon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V. Finding Joy in Unexpected Places: Geographies of Sexual Exploration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Early Global Sexualities: Antonio Pigafetta and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca\u003cbr\u003eJuan Pablo Gil-Oslé\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. (Dis)locations of Sodomy in Early Modern Spain \u003cbr\u003eGregory S. Hutcheson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52596008321304,"sku":"9781487556891","price":47.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bodies-beyond-labels-finding-joy-in-the-shadows-of-imperial-spain-hardback-9781487556891","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}