{"product_id":"a-weak-woman-in-a-jennifer-lillian-lodine-chaffey-9780817321321","title":"A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle: Women and Public Execution in Early Modern England","description":"\u003cb\u003eA study of the depictions of women's executions in Renaissance England\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Weak Woman in a Strong Battle: Women and Public Execution in Early Modern England \u003c\/i\u003eprovides critical insights on representations of women on the scaffold, focusing on how female victims and those writing about them constructed meaning from the ritual. Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey draws on a wide range of genres, from accounts of martyrdom to dramatic works, to explore not only the words of women executed in Tudor and Stuart England, but also the ways that writers represented female bodies as markers of penitence or deviance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A significant part of the execution spectacle--one used to assess the victim's proper acceptance of death and godly repentance--was the final speech offered at the foot of the gallows or before the pyre. To ensure their final words held value for audiences, women adopted conventionally gendered language and positioned themselves as subservient and modest. The reception of women's speeches, Lodine-Chaffey argues, depended on their performances of accepted female behaviors and language as well as physical signs of interior regeneration. Indeed, when women presented themselves or were represented as behaving in stereotypically feminine and virtuous ways, they were able to offer limited critiques of their fraught positions in society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just as important as their words, though, were the depictions of women's bodies. The executed woman's body, Lodine-Chaffey contends, functioned as a text, scrutinized by witnesses and readers for markers of innocence or guilt. The intense focus on the words and bodies of women facing execution during this period, Lodine-Chaffey argues, became a catalyst for a more thorough interest in and understanding of women's roles not just as criminals but as subjects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Lillian Lodine-Chaffey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817321322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817321321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023","brand":"Jennifer Lillian Lodine-Chaffey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059860697343,"sku":"9780817321321","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98dbf19b-a0be-4f1a-8611-e9e2f95a95cf.jpg?v=1685060745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-weak-woman-in-a-jennifer-lillian-lodine-chaffey-9780817321321","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}