Women and the Bullring
Edition: First edition
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: August 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780813026299
Subjects: Animal spectacles; Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting; Social history; Women's studies; Social Science; Sports & Recreation; Sociology; General; Rodeos; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Bullfights; Spain; Women bullfighters
Description: "The presence of women in the bullring was literally banned in Spain until 1975, when the country's political transition to democracy recognized equal rights for women in every aspect of society. In the first English translation of this award-winning book on the subject, Muriel Feiner chronicles the struggle of women to become matadors - not only Spanish and Latin American women but also American, French, and British - from the seventeenth century to the present day. Her extensive research includes interviews with noteworthy authorities and with the protagonists themselves. Complementing the text is an extraordinary collection of historical and contemporary photographs."--Jacket.