10.6084/m9.figshare.7515407.v1
Silvia Liebel
Silvia
Liebel
Ingratas e pérfidas Medeias! Infanticídio e normatização da sexualidade feminina na literatura de rua francesa dos séculos XVI e XVII
SciELO journals
2018
street literature
infanticide
violence
gender
Early Modern period
2018-12-26 05:30:57
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<p></p><p>This article analyses the representations of infanticide in French street literature between 1574 and 1651 through the study of the canards, chapbooks sold to a wide audience. In the analyzed period, these texts circulated fantastic and bloody stories, which highlighted female cruelty. Acting at the same time as a product and a driving force of the growing moralization of the realm, these pieces show the dangers of debauched women, and the need of controlling them. In search of a literary depiction of the criminal woman's social image and her otherness, this paper deals with the transmission of a moral code to women and the concerns about infanticide, part of a relentless struggle against the corruption of youth.</p><p></p>