Gender and memory in the postmillennial novels of Almudena Grandes / Lorraine Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Lorraine, author.

Series:

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grandes, Almudena, 1960-2021--Criticism and interpretation.

Grandes, Almudena.

Grandes, Almudena, 1960-2021.

Gender identity in literature.

Collective memory in literature.

Victims in literature.

Francoism in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 172 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"This book aims to illuminate the unique character of Grandes's major postmillennial novels by examining the heretofore unexamined themes of perpetrator and gender memory, as well as reconceiving her representation of the memory of victimhood"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

(from table of contents) Introduction

Motherhood, clothing and class in "Los aires difíciles"

Memory, gender and the changing Spanish family in "El corazón helado"

The feminised quest romance in "Inés y la alegría"

Perpetration-induced traumatic stress and the gendered reading trope in "El lector de Julio Verne"

Internal exile and resistance in "Las tres bodas de Manolita"

Perpetration and the stigma of illness in "Los pacientes del Dr. García"

Conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-166) and index.

ISBN:

9780367655235

0367655233

OCLC:

1202059241