{"product_id":"the-force-of-habit-la-fuerza-de-la-costumbre-by-guillzsn-de-castro-9781786941459","title":"The Force of Habit (La Fuerza de la Costumbre) by Guillén de Castro","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa R. Machit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Aris \u0026amp; Phillips Hispanic Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786941459","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45606492733577,"sku":"9781786941459","price":55.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a9c5c75c-e575-4dc6-8dd2-9b4eabc84347.jpg?v=1776752653","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-force-of-habit-la-fuerza-de-la-costumbre-by-guillzsn-de-castro-9781786941459","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}