Women and Nationhood in Restoration Spain 1874-1931 - The State as Family

The narrative of civilization has always been told as a family story, from the patriarchal begetting of Genesis to the modern nationalist sagas of the founding fathers. It is a story in which men build the nation and women embody it. This enduring image of the nation as a nurturing mother grants women moral authority, yet reduces them to a procreational role.
Although often overshadowed by the Second Republic, the Spanish Restoration (1874-1931) is a foundational period for modern family narratives: it was a period in which women contributed to, but also transgressed, the trope of the mater patria and helped shape our collective imagination. The family sagas of such ideologically-disparate authors as Julia de Asensi y Laiglesia (1859-1921), Blanca de los Ríos Nostench (1859-1956) and Carmen de Burgos y Seguí (1867-1932) reveal a common disenfranchisement of women, but also a will for them to occupy a more central role in the stories we still tell today.

Product details

• Authors: Rocío Rødtjer
• Publisher: Legenda
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781781885895
• ISBN: 978-1-78188-589-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 514 g
• Series: Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies