Histories, cultures, and national identities
Subtitle: women writing Spain (1877-1984)
By: Christine Arkinstall.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press; UNKNO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewisburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780838757284
Subjects: Spanish literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Spanish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; National characteristics, Spanish, in literature; Politics and literature -- Spain; Women in literature; Spain -- Civilization
Description: "The processes and problematics of the construction of national identities have been a central concern in Hispanism in recent years. Much work remains to be done on women's contributions to Spanish national agendas. This book addresses the visions of history, culture, and national identity in modern Spain articulated by Rosario de Acuna (1851-1923), Angela Figuera (1902-1984), and Rosa Chacel (1898-1994). It argues that the emphasis in their work on liberal histories associated with Republican ideals sheds light on the history of Spanish democracy, competing concepts of national and cultural identity, and the gendered politics of culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : women writing Spain? : the politics of historical, cultural, and national identities; title: Representing the nation in nineteenth-century Spain : Rosario de Acuña and the Liberal debate; title: The Spanish Civil War and Franco dictatorship : history as trauma and wound in Angela Figuera's poetic work; title: Recovering cultural history in post-Franco Spain : Rosa Chacel's novels of memory; title: Conclusion : materializing liberal histories : Spain as democracy, "federation," and European nation.