1892
19th century
A01=Catherine Jagoe
angel of the house
Author_Catherine Jagoe
benito prez galds
bourgeois model
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conduct literature
conservative
culture
emancipated new woman
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eq_biography-true-stories
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eq_society-politics
europe
evolution of feminism
feminism
frugal
gender
medical texts
muted feminist discourse
narrative
periodicals
spain
studying writing
virtuous womanhood
woman question
Product details
- ISBN 9780520083561
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Sep 1994
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The contradictory nature of the work of Benito Perez Galdos, Spain's greatest modern novelist, is brought to the fore in Catherine Jagoe's innovative and rigorous study. Revising commonly held views of his feminism, she explores the relation of Galdos's novels to the "woman question" in Spain, arguing that after 1892 the muted feminist discourse of his early work largely disappears. While his later novels have been interpreted as celebrations of the emancipated new woman, Jagoe contends that they actually reinforce the conservative, bourgeois model of frugal, virtuous womanhood--the angel of the house. Using primary sources such as periodicals, medical texts, and conduct literature, Jagoe's examination of the evolution of feminism makes Ambiguous Angels valuable to anyone interested in gender, culture, and narrative in nineteenth-century Europe.
Catherine Jagoe is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Northern Illinois University.
