{"product_id":"the-force-of-habit-la-fuerza-de-la-costumbre-by-guillen-de-castro-paperback","title":"The Force of Habit (La Fuerza de la Costumbre) by Guillén de Castro - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa R. Machit\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKathleen Jeffs\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs 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 \u003ci\u003eLa fuerza de la costumbre\u003c\/i\u003e ('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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 382\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301231878451,"sku":"9781786941459","price":107.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/M_j1SKpNxn9781786941459.webp?v=1777507883","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-force-of-habit-la-fuerza-de-la-costumbre-by-guillen-de-castro-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}