Feminism, Writing and the Media in Spain : Ana María Matute, Rosa Montero and Lucía Etxebarria / Mazal Oaknín.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oaknín, Mazal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature--Women authors.

Spanish literature.

Women and literature.

Spain.

Montero, Rosa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Feminism, Writing and the Media in Spain

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

Focusing on authors Ana Maria Matute, Rosa Montero, and Lucia Etxebarria, this book examines how women writers are marketed in Spain and, in particular, how current marketing strategies reinforce traditional structures of femininity. The analysis explores the rapidly shifting publishing industry and the use of social media in gender stereotyping.

Contents:

Introduction: gender, memory, culture, and history in the Spanish literary market

The question of "women's writing": a "double-edged" double bind?

The reception and marketing of women writers in Spain

The literary market and the construction of the public personae of women writers

Matute, Montero, and Etxebarria on women' writing

Conclusion: persistent stereotypes.

Notes:

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