Contemporary Spanish women's narrative and the publishing industry
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Contemporary Spanish women's narrative and the publishing industry
（Hispanisms）
University of Illinois Press, c2003
- : cloth
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Bibliography: p. [145]-152
Includes index
Contents of Works
- Vision over truth : el sueño de Venecia / Paloma Díaz-Más
- The art of seduction : Urraca / Lourdes Ortíz
- Voiceless power : fetishism in Solitario de amor / Cristina Peri Rossi
- Self-reproduction in El amor es un juego solitario / Esther Tusquets
- Sexual subversion : Las edades de Lulú / Almudena Grandes
- Etxebarría ecstasy : the publishing industry exposed
- Autobiographical sketches : female authors speak out
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Description
As in other countries, the effects of commercialization in Spain are changing the direction of publishing. Arguing that women face a particularly complex situation because the inclusion of their work is still considered a novelty in a male-dominated field, Christine Henseler examines the strategies of Spanish women authors in the face of market forces. In a consumer economy that places books in supermarkets and mega-bookstores and in which novels are promoted and read more for entertainment than for their literary merit, women's books tend to be more highly regarded when they cater to feminist, erotic, or commercial niche markets. Henseler examines the visual creation of the seductive female body inside and outside the texts and the verbal application of this female figure on a narrative level in the works of authors including Paloma Daz-Mas, Lourdes Ortiz, Cristina Peri Rossi, Esther Tusquets, Almudena Grandes, and Luca Etxebarra. She looks at novels of seduction, award-winning novels, and novels sold on the basis of an author's prior reputation, as well as advertisements, literary prizes, and reviews.
She also draws on interviews with authors to provide insider views of contemporary Spanish publishing. "Contemporary Spanish Women's Narrative and the Publishing Industry" reveals the ways women writers are reacting - both textually and promotionally - to the changing demands of the publishing industry and the construction of a literary canon.
Table of Contents
- Vision over truth - "el Sueano de Venecia" by Paloma D iaz-Mas
- the art of seduction - "Urraca" by Lourdes Ort iz
- voiceless power - fetishism in "Solitario de amor" by Cristina Peri Rossi
- self-reproduction in "El amor es un juego solitario" by Esther Tusquets
- sexual subversion - "Las edades de Lulu" by Almudena Grandes
- etxebarria ecstasy - the publishing industry exposed
- autobiographical sketches - female authors speak out.
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