Nosotras: Comunidades De Mujeres En La Narrativa Española Entre El Siglo Xx Y Xxi

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Author	Quiroga, Pilar Martínez
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	OF THE DISSERTATION NOSOTRAS: COMUNIDADES DE MUJERES EN LA NARRATIVA ESPAÑOLA ENTRE EL SIGLO XX Y XXI By PILAR MARTÍNEZ QUIROGA Dissertation Director: Margaret H. Persin and Phyllis Zatlin In my dissertation I analyze how Spanish women writers have used the historical and autobiographical novel in order to reinvent both personal lives and national histories and to reconfigure new feminine communities. While the primary goal is Spanish literature, I approach the definition of women’s community from a multidisciplinary perspective that includes political, sociological, economic, religious, and anthropological issues, paying special attention to instances of resistance and social change reflected in recent narratives written by Spanish women. Counteracting previous metaphysical and religious conceptions of a homogeneous community, I analyze the reflection of a multiple, plural feminine subject, as found in different spaces and relationships. I begin the dissertation by exploring the specific family ties created between women: thus, while chapter one studies the bonds between mothers and daughters, chapter two focuses on the relationship between sisters. The rest of the dissertation moves from the private to the public realm. In chapter three, I analyze how feminine friendship is the first form of public association that allows for the creation of a women political community. The fourth chapter deals
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