Tag Archives: politics

Matilde de la Torre and the Republican Courts in 1930s Spain

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dr. Rebecca Bender

Last fall I was asked to review Las Cortes republicanas durante la Guerra Civil. Madrid 1936, Valencia 1937 y Barcelona 1938 for Feministas Unidas Inc., a non-profit Coalition of Feminist Scholars in Spanish, Spanish-American, Luso-Brazilian, Afro-Latin American, and U.S. Hispanic and … Continue reading →

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The Thirteen Roses and Spanish Cinema’s Celebration of Motherhood

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Dr. Rebecca Bender

This summer I was once again able to spend a few weeks in Spain, for both work and fun. I presented a paper on the 2007 Spanish film, Las 13 Rosas (The 13 Roses) at a conference on Spanish and Portuguese … Continue reading →

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