Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville: Performing Empire

Awards:   Winner of David Bevington Award, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society 2024 (United States)
Author:   Christopher Swift (New York City College of Technology, City University of New York)
Publisher:   Arc Humanities Press
Edition:   New edition
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9781802700855


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   31 October 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville: Performing Empire


Awards

  • Winner of David Bevington Award, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society 2024 (United States)

Overview

From the fall of Islamic Išbīliya in 1248 to the conquest of the New World, Seville was a nexus of economic and religious power where interconfessional living among Christians, Jews, and Muslims was negotiated on public stages. From out of seemingly irreconcilable ideologies of faith, hybrid performance culture emerged in spectacles of miraculous transformation, disciplinary processionals, and representations of religious identity. Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville reinvigorates the study of medieval Iberian theatre by revealing the ways in which public expressions of devotion, penance, and power fostered cultural reciprocity, rehearsed religious difference, and ultimately helped establish Seville as the imperial centre of Christian Spain.

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Author:   Christopher Swift (New York City College of Technology, City University of New York)
Publisher:   Arc Humanities Press
Imprint:   Arc Humanities Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781802700855


ISBN 10:   1802700854
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   31 October 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Notes and Abbreviations List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Theatres of Absence Chapter One: Theatrical Acculturation and the Andalusi Colony Chapter Two: Penance, Conversion, and Affective Convivencia Chapter Three: Strange Infidels in the Imperial Metropole Conclusion: Walking Ghosts Bibliography Index

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Christopher Swift is an Associate Professor of Theatre at the City University of New York, New York City College of Technology. He researches and teaches performance architecture, puppetry, and medieval theatre.

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