Modern Spanish Women As Agents of Change : Essays in Honor of Maryellen Bieder

This volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change, and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder's invaluable scholarly contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their consideration of lesser-known women writers, focus on women as political activists, and use of post-colonialism, queer theory, and spatial theory to examine the period from the Enlightenment until World War II. The contributors study women as agents and representations of social change in a variety of genres, including short stories, novels, plays, personal letters, and journalistic pieces. Canonical authors such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Leopoldo Alas “Clarín,” and Carmen de Burgos are considered alongside lesser known writers and activists such as María Rosa Gálvez, Sofía Tartilán, and Caterina Albert i Paradís. The critical analyses are situated within their specific socio-historical context, and shed new light on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spanish literature, history, and culture. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. This Volume Brings Together Cutting-edge Research On Modern Spanish Women As Writers, Activists, And Embodiments Of Cultural Change, And Honors Maryellen Bieder's Invaluable Scholarly Contributions. The Critical Analyses Are Situated Within Their Specific Socio-historical Context, And Shed New Light On Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-century Spanish Literature, History, And Culture-- Gender, Race, And Subalternity In The Antislavery Plays Of Maria Rosa Galvez And Faustina Saez De Melgar / Akiko Tsuchiya -- Forging Progressive Futures For Spain's Women And People: Sofia Tartilan (palencia 1829-madrid 1888) / Christine Arkinstall -- Fashion As Feminism: Carmen De Burgos's Ideas On Fashion In Context / Roberta Johnson -- Emilia Pardo Bazan's Apuntes Autobiograficos And El Baile Del Querubin: A Theoretical Reexamination / Susan M. Mckenna -- The Twice-told And The Unsaid In Pardo Bazan's Presentido, En Coche-cama, Confidencia, And Madre / Linda M. Willem -- Emilia Pardo Bazan, Joris-karl Huysmans, And Stories Of Conversion / Denise Dupont -- A Most Promising Girl: Gender And Artistic Future In Emilia Pardo Bazan's La Dama Joven / Margot Versteeg -- A Woman's Search For A Space Of Her Own In Gertrudis Gomez De Avellaneda's Dos Mujeres / Rogelia Lily Ibarra -- Caterina Albert I Paradis: Writing, Solitude, And Woman's Jouissance / Neus Carbonell, Translated By Lourdes Albuixech -- The Obstinate Negativity Of Ana Ozores / Jo Labanyi -- Female Masculinity In La Regenta / Jennifer Smith. Edited By Jennifer Smith. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.