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The Workings of Memory. Life-writing by Women in Early Twentieth-century Spain.
Sarah Leggott
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Description for The Workings of Memory. Life-writing by Women in Early Twentieth-century Spain.
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
The process of modernization that occurred in Spanish society in the first decades of the twentieth century resulted in significant changes in all aspects of life, from economic and social structures to the emergence of new cultural modes and values. While these decades brought new opportunities for women and a degree of social and intellectual freedom, female writers and intellectuals in early twentieth-century Spain nevertheless encountered many obstacles in their efforts to transcend gender barriers and participate in the literary and cultural scene of the day. This book focuses on the life-writing produced by four women writers and intellectuals who ... Read more
The process of modernization that occurred in Spanish society in the first decades of the twentieth century resulted in significant changes in all aspects of life, from economic and social structures to the emergence of new cultural modes and values. While these decades brought new opportunities for women and a degree of social and intellectual freedom, female writers and intellectuals in early twentieth-century Spain nevertheless encountered many obstacles in their efforts to transcend gender barriers and participate in the literary and cultural scene of the day. This book focuses on the life-writing produced by four women writers and intellectuals who ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482843
SKU
V9781611482843
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About Sarah Leggott
Sarah Leggott is senior lecturer and the director of the Spanish Programme at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Reviews for The Workings of Memory. Life-writing by Women in Early Twentieth-century Spain.
The Hispanic scholar Sara Leggott offers to her readers a most insightful study on memory, writing and identity as they pertain to Spanish women whose lives spanned most of the twentieth century....This text is a very welcome addition to scholarship on Spanish cultural history, female identity, and the process of life writing as practised by women. (Bulletin of Spanish Studies, ... Read more