@article{THESIS,
      recid = {3212},
      author = {Corona, Aylin},
      title = {Balancing Acts: Domestic Careers and Enforced Reproduction  of Female Court Dwarfs in Early Modern Europe},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2021-08},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {There is a growing call for the inclusion of  intersectionality within disability studies and history.  Included in this is the history of court dwarfs in Early  Modern Europe, specifically the life experiences of female  court dwarfs. Previous scholarship has too often  generalized the lives of court dwarfs and highlighted  experiences unique to male court dwarfs. These experiences  reveal early gender expectations on disabled women not  experienced by their male counterparts. This thesis exposes  in detail how the lives of three women were impacted based  on two key points: their accepted careers within  domesticity and their experiences through enforced  reproduction. Finally, this thesis divulges in the use of  gendered language and imagery to reinforce such  expectations and ideas. All three women balanced life as  entertainers within the private and public spheres. They  dealt with dehumanization while also gaining autonomy and  privileges not granted to women of lower status, suggesting  a complex period of servitude with some freedom. This  thesis highlights the importance of intersectionality in  research and the sources themselves. Included sources range  from portraits and narrative scenes to letters and  memoirs.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3212},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.3212},
}