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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816757703321

Autore

Charnon-Deutsch Lou

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-55619-083-2

9786613234339

1-283-23433-5

90-272-8245-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations

Collana

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

Disciplina

863/.509352042

Soggetti

Spanish fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Women in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.