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

• Autore: Charnon-Deutsch Lou
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1990
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 863/.509352042
• Soggetto topico: Spanish fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; Women in literature
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender and representation
• ISBN: 1-55619-083-2; 9786613234339; 1-283-23433-5; 90-272-8245-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962230803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Purdue University monographs in Romance languages ; ; 32.