Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores the different treatment of writing by women and
writing by men in twenty-first-century Spain. Focusing on contemporary
Spanish authors Ana María Matute (1926–2014), Rosa Montero (1952–),
and Lucía Etxebarria (1966–), the author examines how Spanish women
writers are marketed in Spain and, in particular, how current marketing
strategies reinforce traditional structures of femininity.
Through an analysis of their work and lives in the context of the Franco
Regime, the Transition to democracy and contemporary Spain, this book
provides an innovative study of the construction of the public personae
of these key female writers. As social media and the internet transform
authors’ relationship with their readers, the rapidly shifting publishing
industry offers an important context for the difficult balance between
high levels of reception and visibility and the persistence of traditional
gender stereotypes.
Table of ContentsCONTENTS: Gender, Memory, Culture, and History in the Spanish Literary Market – The Question of «Women’s Writing»: A «Double-Edged» Double Bind? – The Reception and Marketing of Women Writers in Spain – The Literary Market and the Construction of the Public Personae of Women Writers – Matute, Montero, and Etxebarria on Women’s Writing – Persistent Stereotypes
