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Book SynopsisAurora G. Morcillo was Professor of History at Florida International University, USA. She is the author of
Cultural and Social Memory of the Spanish Civil War: Realms of Oblivion (2014)
, The Seduction of Modern Spain: The Female Body and the Francoist Body Politic (2010) and
True Catholic Womanhood: Gender Ideology in Franco Spain (2000). She sadly passed away in 2020.
María Asunción Gómez is Professor of Spanish at Florida International University, USA. She is the author of
La madre muerta: El mito matricida en la literatura y el cine españoles (2016) and
Del escenario a la pantalla: La adaptación cinematográfica del teatro español (2000), and the co-editor, along with Santiago Juan-Navarro and Phyllis Zatlin, of
History and Myth of the Mad Queen: Modern Representations of Juana of Castile (2008).
Paula De La Cruz-Fernández is instructor in history, research historian, and digital archivist.
José Manuel Morcillo-Gó
Trade Review
What makes this sourcebook stand out is its seamless incorporation of gender history throughout. There is much to like about this book … Its structure is flexible for classroom use, and it does meet the authors’ goals of bringing historical context to cultural studies’ students and cultural works to history students. * European History Quarterly *
A key strength of The Modern Spain Sourcebook, for both instructors and students, is its thematic (not chronological) organization of materials, which effectively promotes an interdisciplinary study of Spanish cultural production and historical eras ... Overall, and consistent with the editors’ goals, the sourcebook’s ideal audience would be professors and instructors of interdisciplinary subjects taught in English, such as history, cultural studies, comparative literature, and gender, women’s and sexuality studies. * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *
An original and enlightening anthology that goes well beyond the traditional scope of most classroom readers. These aptly chosen and well translated documents will stimulate plenty of reflection and fruitful discussions, and they can also serve as an excellent base for written work in a variety of classes. * Geoffrey Jensen, Professor and John Biggs ’30 Chair in Military History, Virginia Military Institute, USA *
A well-balanced, much-needed book which historians of modern Spain have been waiting on for decades. They will not be disappointed. * Antonio Cazorla Sánchez, Professor and Chair, Trent University, Canada *
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Literature and Art Document 1: Miguel de Cervantes, from The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, 1605 Document 2: María de Zayas, from Exemplary Tales of Love and Disillusion, 1637 Document 3: Benito Feijóo y Montenegro, “A Defense or Vindication of Women,” 1726 from Universal Theater of Criticism. First volume. 16th Treaty. 1726- 1740) Document 4: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, etching “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters,” 1799 Document 5: Xavier Badia-Vilatò, poster “Ambition, Militarism, War. This Is Fascism. Unite to Destroy it”, 1936 Document 6: María Zambrano, from For a History of Mercy, 1989 2. Labor and Business History Document 1: Pedro Rodríguez Campomanes, Excerpts from “Treatise on The Education of Artisans and their Improvement”, 1775 Document 2: Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Decree of Disentailment of the Regular Clergy, 1836 Document 3: Chair Act 1912. Wednesday February 28, 1912 Document 4: “Labor Charter,” 1938 and “Law of Political and Labor Rights of Women,” 1961 Document 5: MATESA Scandal, 1969 Document 6: Table of Workers Salaries by provinces, 1973 3. Feminisms Document 1: Josefa Amar y Borbón, “Prologue” from Discourse abut Women’s Physical and Moral Education, 1790 Document 2: Concepción Arenal, from Women of the Future, 1861 Document 3: Carmen de Burgos, Divorce in Spain, 1904 Document 4: Consuelo Berges, “Republican Women’s Union, Pathways” from Cultura integral femenina, 1933 Document 5: Lidia Falcón, The Feminist Reason, 1981 Document 6: Law against gender violence. Ley Orgánica 1/2004 4. Everyday Life & Material Culture Document 1: Singer sewing machine advertisement, ca. 1890 Document 2: Cover Blanco y Negro, 1936 Document 3: Ricard Terré, photograph Holy Week, 1957 Document 4: Carlos Giménez, comics from Paracuellos, 1975 Document 5: Spain, cover National Geographic, 1965 Document 6: Advertisement, Jabón Lagarto, 1960s 5. Education Document 1: Juan Luis Vives, from The Education of the Christian Woman, 1523 Document 2: Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, from “Guidelines for the Creation of A Plan of Public Instruction to the Junta of this Matter,” 1809 Document 3: Law of Public Instruction, Moyano Law, 1857 Document 4: Constitution 1931 Articles 48-50 & Constitution 1978 Article 27 Document 5: Secondary Education Law 1953 Document 6: Organic Law of Education 2006 6. Political Power and the Law Document 1: Spanish Constitutions, 1812 and 1978 Document 2: Civil Code, 1889 and 1958 Document 3: Spanish Constitution 1931 Document 4: Law of Political Responsibilities 1939 Document 5: Fundamental Principles of the State, 1958 Document 6: Law of Historical Memory (Ley de recuperación de la memoria Histórica, 2007 7. Religion Document 1: Concordat, 1851 Document 2: Spanish Bishops’ from “Collective Letter”, 1937 Document 3: Enrique Tarancón, from Pastoral Letter “Our daily bread,” 1951 Document 4: Franco as Medieval Knight Document 5: “The Socio-religious change in Spain” FOESSA, Estudios socisológicos sobre la situación social de España Document 6: Gay Priest magazine Zero cover (2002) 8. Public Health and Welfare Document 1: Count of Cobarrus, Letter I, On Public Health, 1808 Document 2: Juan Giné Partagás, from Lessons on elementary private and public hygiene, 1871-72 Document 3: Women’s Section of Falange, Photographs of Gymnastics, 1960 Document 4: Tomás Caro Patón, The Fallen Woman. Memoirs and Reflections of a Physician in the Anti Venereal Struggle, 1959 Document 5: Sociology of Health Care. FOESSA, 1975 and Table on Causes of Death 1968-1970 Document 6: Organic Law for the Legalization of abortion 9/1985 9. Gendered Sexualities Document 1: Gregorio Marañon, The Evolution of Sexuality and the Intersexual Conditions, 1930 Document 2: Hildegart Rodríguez, El problema sexual tratado por una mujer española, 1931 Document 3: Dr. Ramón Serrano Vicens, Informe Sexual de la Mujer Española, 1978 Document 4: Esperanza Vaello Esquerdo, The Crime of Adultery and Cohabitation, 1976 Document 5: Pedro Almodovar, movie still The Law of Desire, 1987 Document 6: Gay Marriage Law, 2005 10. Empires across Oceans Document 1: Bartolomé de las Casas, Christopher Columbus Travels, 1566-1600 Document 2: Emilio Castelar, Speech against Slavery, 1870 Document 3: Manifesto of the revolutionary junta of the island of Cuba, addressed to its countrymen and to all nations, 1898 Document 4: Law of Paternal Dissent in Cuba and Puerto Rico 1882 Document 5: Political Cartoons from Gedeón, 1898 Document 6: Gumersindo Azcárate, Speech on the Political and Economic Interests of Spain in Morocco, 1910 Further Reading
