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Christie, Sheila K.

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Cultural functions: Histories of community and civic cycle drama.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Cultural functions: Histories of community and civic cycle drama./
Author:	Christie, Sheila K.
Description:	246 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 2729.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-07A.
Subject:	History, European. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR29656
ISBN:	9780494296561

Cultural functions: Histories of community and civic cycle drama.
Christie, Sheila K.

Cultural functions: Histories of community and civic cycle drama. - 246 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 2729.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta (Canada), 2007.

Current trends in medieval drama scholarship encourage studies that examine dramatic texts within their historical contexts. This dissertation undertakes such an historically contextualized reading of civic cycle drama, also known as "Corpus Christi," "guild," "mystery," or "miracle" plays. Examining the texts of Chester, Coventry, Newcastle, and York, I demonstrate that these cycles are uniquely situated within their local contexts, and I explore their cultural functions within their communities. I find that the motivations for and results of participation in each city varied significantly among participants, and that both sponsoring craft associations and civic authorities frequently employed these plays as tools for transformation and identity negotiation. The interaction of texts and contexts reveals complex, dynamic cultural artifacts whose meanings are continually reconstructed in the moment of performance.

ISBN: 9780494296561Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018076
History, European.

Cultural functions: Histories of community and civic cycle drama.
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520 $a Chapter One explores several craft-pageant relationships in Chester over time, and demonstrates how participation in the play can bolster status and help divide or unite craft groups with similar economic interests. I explore these relationships through case studies of several crafts, including Barkers (or Tanners); Cappers and Linendrapers; Painters; Mercers, Vintners, and Merchants; and Blacksmiths. Chapter Two explores the Chester play as a transformative tool for civic culture, examining the text's commentary on civic violence and jurisdictional interference. Chapter Three traces the Coventry Cappers' attainment of a pageant and posits divergent motivations for artisanal and civic participants. Specifically, I discuss a connection between chapel ownership and pageant sponsorship that implies religious motivations for production. I also explore resonances between the extant pageants and a period of local economic crisis. Chapter Four, which focuses on Newcastle, demonstrates how even a minimal amount of contextual documentary evidence can inform an extant text. In this chapter, I read the Shipwrights' Noah pageant as representative of craft-city conflict, and demonstrate how local tensions are recuperated in favour of a larger anxiety over Scottish invasion. Finally, Chapter Five turns to York; focusing on the Carpenters and Masons, I show that the origins and motivations of participation are more diverse than has been previously acknowledged.
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