Women, Mysticism, and Hysteria in Fin-De-Siècle Spain

by Jennifer Smith

Book Overview

Women, Mysticism, and Hysteria in Fin-de-Si cle Spain argues that the reinterpretation of female mysticism as hysteria and nymphomania in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spain was part of a larger project to suppress the growing female emancipation movement by sexualizing the female subject. This archival-historical work highlights the phenomenon in medical, social, and literary texts of the time, illustrating that despite many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826501877
• ISBN13: 9780826501875
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"