| Unruly Women: Performance, Penitence, and Punishment in Early Modern Spain Subjects: Spanish drama -- Classical period 1500–1700 -- History and criticism; Women in literature; Women -- Institutional care -- Spain -- History; Women -- Rehabilitation -- Spain -- History; Women -- Spain -- Social conditions -- 16th century; Women -- Spain -; In the first in-depth study of the interconnected relationships among public theatre, custodial institutions, and women in early modern Spain, Margaret E. Boyle explores the contradictory practices of rehabilitation enacted by women both on and off stage. Boyle Margaret E. : Margaret E. Boyle is an associate professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Bowdoin College. |