Abstract
Contrary to a tradition of scholarly insistence on the invisibility of Florentine patrician women outside the domestic sphere, it can be argued such women did in effect perform a significant, public, or quasi-public, function in the negotiation of relationships between the Republic and other Italian, and European, elites. This article assembles fragmentary evidence concerning dancing and musical performance by women directed towards the entertainment of visiting notables in the second half of the Quattrocento, and uses modern concepts of gendered performance and the performance of gender to speculate on the nature of that experience for the women involved.
| Translated title of the contribution | Performing for Strangers: Women, Dance, and Music in Quattrocento Florence |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 1074 - 1107 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| Journal | Renaissance Quarterly |
| Volume | 54 (4, 1) |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher: Renaissance Society of AmericaOther identifier: Winter
Other: Selected as article of the month, February 2002, by the US Medieval Feminist Index
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Bryce, JH. (2001). Performing for Strangers: Women, Dance, and Music in Quattrocento Florence. Renaissance Quarterly, 54 (4, 1), 1074 - 1107. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-4338%28200124%2954%3A4%3C1074%3APFSWDA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X