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Post-War Spanish Women Novelists and the Recuperation of Historical Memory (Monografías A)
Patricia O´byrne
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Description for Post-War Spanish Women Novelists and the Recuperation of Historical Memory (Monografías A)
Hardcover. Reconstructs through testimonial literature the repression of women during the Franco years and recovers the writings of some of the forgotten post-war women novelists. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Reconstructs through testimonial literature the repression of women during the Franco years and recovers the writings of some of the forgotten post-war women novelists. The passing of Spain's Law of Historical Memory (2007) marked the official recognition of the need to confront a violent and painful past. Article 2 makes reference to specific groups who experienced discrimination including religious and ethnic communities; no reference is made to the gender repression endured by women, enforced by a patriarchal regime through its legislation and policies, with the active support of the Church and the Women's Section of the Falange. Revised ... Read more
Reconstructs through testimonial literature the repression of women during the Franco years and recovers the writings of some of the forgotten post-war women novelists. The passing of Spain's Law of Historical Memory (2007) marked the official recognition of the need to confront a violent and painful past. Article 2 makes reference to specific groups who experienced discrimination including religious and ethnic communities; no reference is made to the gender repression endured by women, enforced by a patriarchal regime through its legislation and policies, with the active support of the Church and the Women's Section of the Falange. Revised ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855662742
SKU
V9781855662742
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Reviews for Post-War Spanish Women Novelists and the Recuperation of Historical Memory (Monografías A)
Patricia O'Byrne's study of five female Spanish novelists publishing in the 1940s and 1950s makes a most valuable contribution to our understanding of women's lives during these early decades of the Franco dictatorship. This highly recommended study fleshes out an overlooked chapter in postwar Spain's cultural histories and foregrounds the complexities, connections and divergences of a fascinating literary cohort that ... Read more