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The Novels of Josefina Aldecoa - Women, Society and Cultural Memory in Contemporary Spain
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Sivumäärä: 208 sivua
Asu: Kovakantinen kirja
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012, 20.09.2012 (lisätietoa)
Kieli: Englanti
The first comprehensive analysis of the novels of prominent contemporary Spanish writer and educator Josefina Aldecoa.

Josefina Aldecoa, in her treatment of themes such as a woman's place in society under and after dictatorship, mother-daughter relationships, war, and memory, confirmed her unique role as a contemporary novelist concerned with women's identity in Spain and as a writer of the mid-century generation ('los niños de la guerra'). The first volume of her trilogy, Historia de una maestra, was one of the earliest narratives of historical memory to beproduced in Spain. In this sense, Aldecoa's work anticipated new developments in gender studies, such as the intersection of feminist concerns and cultural memory.
This book offers a comprehensive examination of Aldecoa's trajectory as a novelist, from La enredadera to Hermanas, centring on her primary preoccupations of gender and memory, arguing that Aldecoa's fiction offers a new, more complex understanding of women's identity than previously understood. The work combines the two dominating theoretical components of feminism and cultural memory with close textual analysis of Aldecoa's narratives. Her novels highlight the importance of the details of women's daily experiences and struggles throughout the twentieth century, a period of significant socio-political upheaval and change in Spain's history.

NUALA KENNY teaches Spanish at the National University of Maynooth, Ireland.

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