Mujer e identidad en tierras hispanohablantes

Overview & Synopsis

From the study of the lives of Spanish nuns in the Modern Era to the treatment of inmates at the Malaga psychiatric hospital at the end of the 20th century, through the story of the fight for the recognition of Indian identity and the emergence of Ecuadorian women's rights, the description of 18th century Peruvian caste painting or the analysis of extramarital sexual relations (consensual or not) in Counter-Reformation Spain, this collective book explores the different instances of socialization: religion, the world of work, political and judicial powers, education... to draw up an illuminating mosaic of the history of personal and collective female identity in the Spanish-speaking world.