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Category Archives: Spain
Bicycles, typewriters, and sex!?!? Cultures of the Erotic in early 20th Century Spain
Among the many articles and books I consulted for my last article on La Venus mecánica, Maite Zubiaurre’s Cultures of the Erotic in Spain, 1898-1939 (from Vanderbilt UP, 2012) was by far my favorite. Not only does Prof. Zubiaurre‘s monograph … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Modernity, Spain
Tagged 1920s, art, books, erotica, Eugenics, gender, Hildegart Rodríguez, literature, madrid, modernity, pseudoscience, sex, sexuality, Spain, spanish art, spanish literature
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The Morphing Body: Salvador Dalí’s Skulls and the Female Form
I’m currently working on an article that revolves around theories of corporeality and the body, so I’ve been reading a range of feminist interpretations of the subject: Elizabeth Grosz‘s challenge to mind/body dualism by way of the Moebius strip paradigm; … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Modernity, Spain, Surrealism, Women
Tagged 1950s, art, body, Dalí, femininity, gender, modernity, nudes, photography, Salvador Dali, sex, sexuality, STDs, surrealism, venereal disease, women, World War II
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The Red Virgin: Motherhood and Power Dynamics
“I shall do as you request, and tell you everything about myself […] You may like me, but I am not alive.” –Hildegarte, played by Ivana Baquero in The Red Virgin “I will do as you ask and tell you … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, First-wave spanish feminism, History, Pedagogy, Science and Medicine, Spain, Women
Tagged 1920s, Aurora Rodriguez, Birth Control, books, Eugenics, Family Planning, film, first-wave spanish feminism, Gregorio Marañon, Havelock Ellis, Hildegart Rodríguez, madrid, maternity, medical history, motherhood, pedagogy, Red Virgin, sexuality, Spain, teaching spanish, women
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Picasso on Maternity and Motherhood
A few weeks ago, students in my Hispanic Women’s Literature course turned in their first paper on Carmen de Burgos’ La rampa. Part of their assignment was to include an image with their essay. One student selected the following painting, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain, Women
Tagged 1920s, art, art history, books, femininity, maternity, Mother and Child, mother-child relationship, motherhood, Pablo Picasso, picasso, Spain, spanish art, women
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Pretty Women Use Birth Control – my guest post at Nursing Clio
I’m very excited to have written a guest post for one of my favorite blogs, Nursing Clio. For this piece, I re-visited my very first blog post in which I critiqued, with a sort of “literary analysis” approach, the function … Continue reading
Posted in History, Science and Medicine, Spain, Women
Tagged 1920s, Birth Control, Eugenics, Family Planning, first-wave spanish feminism, gender, Marañón, maternity, medical history, Nursing Clio, pseudoscience, Spain, spanish, women
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The Dalí Triangle: A Surrealist’s Take on the Catalonian Landscape
Lately I’ve been writing recommendation letters and filling out language evaluation forms for many of my students who are planning to study abroad during the upcoming academic year. Costa Rica… Ecuador… Argentina… Spain… with each request I find myself wishing … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain
Tagged 1920s, art, books, Catalonia, Dalí, Dalí paintings, Figueras, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí, photography, Portlligat, Salvador Dali, Spain, spanish art, study abroad, surrealism, teaching spanish
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Exploring Female Identities in Carmen de Burgos’ “La rampa”
One of the first novels to spark my interest in early twentieth-century Spanish women’s literature was Carmen de Burgos’ La rampa (1917). As an urban novel, the narrative explores the effects of modernity not only on the residents of and … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, First-wave spanish feminism, History, Literature, Modernity, Pedagogy, Spain, Women
Tagged 1920s, art, books, Carmen de Burgos, city, culture, femininity, Feminism, first-wave spanish feminism, gender, La rampa, literature, madrid, maternity, modernity, motherhood, pedagogy, Spain, spanish, spanish literature, teaching, teaching spanish, urban studies, women
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The Perfect Wife in the 21st century: “La perfecta casada” en el siglo XXI
Now that February is suddenly here, the Spring 2014 semester is officially underway and I am finally organized (well, for the most part!). For me, the most exciting part about this new semester is that I’m teaching a course I … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, History, Literature, Pedagogy, Spain, Women
Tagged angel del hogar, catholicism, culture, femininity, Feminism, feminists, Fray Luis de León, gender, la perfecta casada, language, marriage, maternity, motherhood, pedagogy, perfect wife, Spain, spanish, spanish civil war, spanish literature, teaching, women
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