Gender and representation : women in Spanish realist fiction / Lou Charnon-Deutsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charnon-Deutsch, Lou.

Series:

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages ; 32.

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, 0165-8743 ; v. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

Spanish fiction.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Applying recent European and Anglo-American feminist scholarship to the problems of gender representation, Charnon-Deutsch challenges the prevailing idea that the 19th-century Spanish novel is woman centered. The author's examination of novels by Valera, Pereda, Alas, and Galdos demonstrates that these works are instead a complex exploration of male identity. Decoding the gender ideology of women's roles, discourse, and representations, Charnon-Deutsch uncovers in the novels multiple configurations of androcentricity as well as voyeuristic tendencies, which she interprets as a means of mastering what is threatening to the male psyche.

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Valera: A Role for All Reasons; 2. Pereda: The Words of Silence; 3. Clarín: Surviving the Female Threat; 4. Galdós: The Power of the Role and Powerful Roles; Conclusion; Notes; List of Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.

ISBN:

1-55619-083-2

9786613234339

1-283-23433-5

90-272-8245-5

OCLC:

755996357