El Ángel del Hogar Galdós and the Ideology of Domesticity in Spain / by Bridget A. Aldaraca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aldaraca, Bridget, 1938-

Series:

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; Number 239.

North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures ; Number 239

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920--Criticism and interpretation.

Families in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Women in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, N.C., U.S.A. : Distributed by University of North Carolina Press, 1991.

Summary:

In this study exploring the ideology of domestic life in Spain, Bridget Aldaraca breaks new ground in the study of women, ideology, and the realist novel.Among other themes, she investigates the period's changing concepts of the family, women's roles in society, the division of social space into private and public spheres, and attitudes toward.

Contents:

Cover

EL ÁNGEL DEL HOGAR

Title

Copyright

Dedication

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PROLOGUE

INTRODUCTION

1. THE PERFECT WIFE: FROM COUNTER-REFORMATION TO ENLIGHTENMENT

2. EL ÁNGEL DEL HOGAR: THE SPIRITUALIZATION OF WOMEN IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN

3. EL LUJO: WOMEN AND CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION

4. LA FAMILIA DE LEÓN ROCH: DOMESTICITY AND DIVORCE IN SPAIN

5. TORMENTO: BOURGEOIS MORALITY AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF VIRTUE

6. LA DE BRINGAS: THE MYTH OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES

7. LO PROHIBIDO: THE LITERARY CREATION OF AN ANGEL

EPILOGUE: TRISTANA: THE DEATH OF AN IDEAL

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-259).

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ISBN:

1-4696-4264-6

OCLC:

1080551073