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History and autobiography in contemporary Spanish women's testimonial writings / Sarah Leggott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leggott, Sarah.
- Series:
- Spanish studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 8.
- Spanish studies ; v. 8
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Spanish prose literature.
- Autobiography--Women authors.
- Autobiography.
- Women--Spain--Biography--History and criticism.
- Women.
- Feminism and literature.
- Spanish prose literature--Women authors.
- Spain.
- Spanish prose--20th century--History and criticism.
- Spanish prose.
- Feminism and literature--Spain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 300 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2001]
- Language Note:
- English and Spanish.
- Contents:
- Writing the Female Subject
- I Auto/Biography, History, Feminism 9
- Rewriting Sixteenth-Century Spain
- II Maria de Mendoza: Mercedes Formica 31
- III La hija de don Juan de Austria: Mercedes Formica 51
- Conflicting Ideologies: Fascism and Feminism
- IV Gender and Nation in Autobiography: Mercedes Formica 71
- Reinventing the Past
- V Memory and Fiction: Josefina Aldecoa 99
- Challenging Gender Roles: Female Revolutionary Leaders
- VI Woman Under Communism: Dolores Ibarruri 129
- VII An Anarchist Past: Federica Montseny 159
- Rejecting a Conservative Heritage
- VIII Autobiographical Dissidence: Pilar Jaraiz Franco 181
- IX A Quest for Freedom: Isabel Oyarzabal de Palencia 197
- X The Renunciation of Splendour: Constancia de la Mora 215
- Personal Interview with Mercedes Formica (Spanish) 241
- Personal Interview with Mercedes Formica (English translation) 249
- Personal Interview with Josefina Aldecoa (Spanish) 257
- Personal Interview with Josefina Aldecoa (English translation) 269.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-296) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773475842
- OCLC:
- 45066201
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