Culture and gender in nineteenth-century Spain
By: edited by Lou Charnon-Deutsch and Jo Labanyi.
Contributors: Charnon-Deutsch, Lou.; Labanyi, Jo.
Series: Oxford Hispanic studies
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Spanish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Spanish literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- Spain -- History -- 19th century.; Sex role in literature.; Women in literature.; Spain -- Civilization -- 19th century.
Description: Culture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Spain is a wide-ranging discussion of women's writing and representations of gender in Spanish literature and culture from the Romantic period to the fin de siecle.

It is customary to regard gender roles and representation in nineteenth-century Spain as polarized and predictable. But in this volume, leading scholars from the UK and USA not only discuss the patriarchal emphasis of Spanish culture, but also demonstrate that this was a period in which the relations between men and women were being constantly negotiated, challenged, and redefined as part of an on-going transformation of political and national identities.

Contributions look at women's writing and the representation of women in canonical texts, the construction of both femininity and masculinity, issues of race and region, and popular fiction, journalism, and the visual arts. All quotations are given in Spanish and in English translation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.