Shakespeare's domestic economies

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"Shakespeare's Domestic Economies explores representations of female subjectivity in Shakespearean drama from a refreshingly new perspective, situating The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, and Measure for Measure in relation to early modern England's nascent consumer culture and competing conceptions of property. Drawing evidence from legal documents, economic treatises, domestic manuals, marriage sermons, household inventories, and wills to explore the realities and dramatic representations of women's domestic roles, Natasha Korda departs from traditional accounts of the commodification of women, which maintain that throughout history women have been "trafficked" as passive objects of exchange between men."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Women in literature,  Sex role in literature,  Characters,  Property in literature,  Housekeeping in literature,  House furnishings in literature,  Women,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, characters,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation,  Views on sex role,  Views on property,  Ameublement dans la littérature,  Travail domestique dans la littérature,  Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature,  Femmes dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  Shakespeare,  Property,  Sex role

People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)