Marginal Subjects: Gender and Deviance in Nineteenth Century Spain

Akiko Tsuchiya

Published by University of Toronto Press 2011

Marginal Subjects

Gender and Deviance in Nineteenth Century Spain

Akiko Tsuchiya

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442695160

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In Marginal Subjects, Akiko Tsuchiya shows how the figure of the deviant woman—and her counterpart, the feminized man - revealed the ambivalence of literary writers towards new methods of social control in Restoration Spain.

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Tsuchiya Akiko :

Akiko Tsuchiya is a professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Washington University.

Reviews

Harriet S. Turner:

‘Tsuchiya’s style of writing is lucid, devoid of jargon, and negotiates the complicated steps from text to context with precision and finesse…This book will be indispensable to teaching and to research on the literature and culture of late nineteenth century Spain.’

Vialette, Aurélie:

‘Marginal Subjects constitutes an essential contribution to studies on Spanish modernity and is indispensable to specialists in Peninsular culture, gender studies and the nineteenth-century novel….Rare are books that offer academic and theoretical rigor, at the same time as the pleasure of a provocative reading which the reader faces under Akiko Tsuchiya's pen.’

Toni Dorca, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos 36.3 (2012):
‘The book also stands out for the thoroughness of the 'close readings' that brilliantly combine literary and cultural analysis, all of which is rendered in a prose that is both precise and elegant ... The author's reading always enriches the myriads of interpretation that are possible for each text.’

L. Elena Delgado, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign):
‘Featuring impeccable writing and analysis, Marginal Subjects is an impressive examination of gender deviance in nineteenth-century Spanish literature. Akiko Tsuchiya, who shows an expert knowledge of the topic, develops and contextualizes her arguments carefully and commendably. An excellent example of how close readings of literary texts can be combined with cultural analysis, Marginal Subjects is a major contribution to research in the field of nineteenth-century European literature and Gender studies.’

Lou Charnon-Deutsch:
‘Tsuchiya’s excellent study makes a thorough use of primary sources relating to nineteenth-century prostitution, hygiene, and other issues that impacted social perceptions of gender deviancy in nineteenth-century European society.’

Jennifer Smith:
‘Impeccably researched and illuminating study of representations of gender deviance in late nineteenth-century Spanish literature and culture… Marginal Subjects is an outstanding piece of scholarship and required reading for specialists in nineteenth-century Peninsular literature and culture, particularly those concerned with questions of gender.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Note on the Translations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xii
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction: Discourses on Deviance in Nineteenth-Century Spain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Deviant Female Body under Surveillance: Galdós’s La desheredada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
2. ‘Las Micaelas por fuera y por dentro’: Discipline and Resistance in Fortunata y Jacinta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
3. Consuming Subjects: Female Reading and Deviant Sexuality in Late Nineteenth-Century Spain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
4. Gender Trouble and the Crisis of Masculinity in the fin de siglo: Clarín’s Su único hijo and Pardo Bazán’s Memorias de un solterón Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
5. Gender, Orientalism, and the Performance of National Identity in Pardo Bazán’s Insolación Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
6. Taming the Prostitute’s Body: Desire, Knowledge, and the Naturalist Gaze in López Bago’s La prostituta Series Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
7. Female Subjectivity and Agency in Matilde Cherner’s María Magdalena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256
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Published: December 31, 2011
ISBN: 9781442695160