Main entry:

McClure, George W., 1951-

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2013.

Description:

xvi, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index.
Chapter 1: The Renaissance Theory of Play -- Chapter 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.

Summary:

"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.
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.

ISBN:

9781442646599
1442646594

Subject:

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.
Femmes Italie Mœurs et coutumes 16e siècle.
Femmes Italie Vie intellectuelle 16e siècle.
Femmes Italie Histoire 1450-1600 (Renaissance)
Jeux d'intérieur Aspect social Italie Histoire 16e siècle.
Renaissance Italie.
Manners and customs.
Renaissance.
Women Intellectual life.
Women Renaissance.
Women Social life and customs.
Frau
Gesellschaftsspiel
Öffentlichkeit
Levnadsförhållanden Italien renässansen 1400-talet 1500-talet.
Sällskapsliv spel.
Sällskapslekar sociala aspekter historia.
Sällskapslekar genusaspekter historia.
Kvinnor vardagsliv och traditioner historia.
Intellektuellt liv historia.
Italy Social life and customs 16th century.
Italien.
Italie Mœurs et coutumes 16e siècle.
Italy.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284276
Call No.: BIB 222999
Status: Available