Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture by Janice North, Karl C. Alvestad, Elena Woodacre
English | 2018 | ISBN: 3319687700 | 351 Pages | PDF | 8.9 MB
Pop culture portrayals of medieval and early modern monarchs are rife with tension between authenticity and modern mores, producing anachronisms such as a feminist Queen Isabel (in RTVE’s Isabel) and a lesbian Queen Christina (in The Girl King).