 | Subject Stages: Marriage, Theatre and the Law in Early Modern Spain Subjects: Spanish drama -- Classical period 1500–1700 -- History and criticism; Marriage laws -- Spain -- History -- 16th century; Marriage laws -- Spain -- History -- 17th century; Marriage in literature; Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed each other in early modern Spain in ways that still have a critical bearing on contemporary events in Spain, such as the legalization of divorce in 1978 and of same-sex marriage in 2005. Carrion Maria M. : María M. Carrión is Professor of Spanish, Religion, and Women's Studies at Emory University. |
