{"product_id":"the-force-of-habit-guilln-de-castro-9781786941459","title":"The Force of Habit \/ La Fuerza de la Costumbre","description":"Is gender learned or innate? This controversial play asks the question: what happens if you raise a boy to sew and behave as a girl, and raise his sister to fight as a soldier? For the first time ever, Guillén de Castro's La fuerza de la costumbre ('The Force of Habit') will be available to English and Spanish audiences with a performance-tested translation on facing pages. Castro's plot is unique in that, unlike other cross dressing plays, the children do not traverse gender boundaries by choice; instead complications arising from their parents' problematic marriage dictate the gender they should perform. This new Spanish edition (the first since 1927) and performance-tested English translation will begin a new discussion of this understudied work and its implications among Hispanists, comparatists, performance theorists, and gender scholars. The critical apparatus includes a biography of the author, textual history, editorial methodology, metrical analysis, bibliography and notes on the text. Machit's introductory essay, 'Bad Habits: Gender Made and Remade in La fuerza de la costumbre' aims to contextualize and investigate the most salient questions raised by Castro's gender-bending play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guillén de Castro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1786941457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786941459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569-1631) was a Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMelissa R. Machit holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKathleen Jeffs is Chair of the Theatre and Dance Department, Gonzaga University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Guillén de Castro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058637074687,"sku":"9781786941459","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_343d1025-a1e4-43dd-8787-70caa70ddc3c.jpg?v=1685053696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-force-of-habit-guilln-de-castro-9781786941459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}