Spanish women in the golden age : images and realities
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Spanish women in the golden age : images and realities
（Contributions in women's studies, no. 155）
Greenwood Press, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-207) and index
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Description
The history of women in early modern Spain is a largely untapped field. This book opens the field substantially by examining the position of women in religious, political, literary, and economic life. Drawing on both historical and literary approaches, the contributors challenge the portrait of Spanish women as passive and marginalized, showing that despite forces working to exclude them, women in Golden Age Spain influenced religious life and politics and made vital contributions to economic and cultural life.
The contributors seek to incorporate the study of Spanish women into the current work on literary criticism and on the intersection of private and public spheres. The authors integrate women into subfields of Spanish history and literature, such as Inquisition studies, the Spanish monarchy, Spain's economic and political decline, and Golden Age drama. The essays demonstrate the necessity and value of incorporating women into the study of Golden Age Spain.
Table of Contents
Preface by Alain Saint-SAEns Religion and Society Spaces of Women's Religiousity in the Military Order of Santiago in Late Medieval Castile by Maria Echaniz Charisma and Controversy: The Case of Maria de Santo Domingo by Jodi Bilinkoff Behind the Veil: Moriscas and the Politics of Resistance and Survival by Mary Elizabeth Perry A Case of Gendered Rejection: The Hermitess in Golden Age Spain by Alain Saint-SAEns Political Realms The Female Figure as Political Propaganda in the "Pedro el Cruel" Romancero by Anne J. Cruz Pious and Political Images of a Habsburg Woman at the Court of Philip III (1598-1621) by Magdalena S. Sanchez Women and Factionalism in the Court of Charles II of Spain by J. M. Campbell Female Identity Images and Realities of Work: Women and Guilds in Early Modern Barcelona by Marta Vicente Conversions of the Woman Monarchy in the Drama of Calderon de la Barca by Mary Lorene Thomas Rhetorical Canons and Female Portraits in Pastoral Romances by Sylvia Trelles The Gendered Context of Melancholy for Spanish Golden Age Women Writers by Teresa S. Soufas Bibliography Index
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