True Catholic Womanhood
Subtitle: Gender Ideology in Franco's Spain
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780875802565
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; Fascism & Nazism; Feminism; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1945 to c 1960; Public Policy - Social Policy; Social Policy; Sociology Of Women; Women's Studies - General; Sociology; Spain; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Women's Studies - History; Women; 20th century; Catholic women; Government policy; History; Social conditions
Description: "Imaginatively using diverse sources - including interviews, magazine advertisements, and university archives - Morcillo addresses the tension between expectations for the traditional woman, whose primary value to the state was reproductive, and those for the modern consumer-housewife ideal that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. She pays particular attention to women's experiences in higher education and in the "Women's Section" of the Falange.".

"True Catholic Womanhood adds new insights into the gender dynamics of authoritarian states, providing a unique window through which to view the process of modernization and the transition toward democracy. It is essential reading for everyone interested in modern Spain, Catholicism, European women's history, and authoritarian social politics."--BOOK JACKET.