Disabled bodies in early modern Spanish literature : prostitutes, aging women and saints /

"Examines the concept and roles of women in selected Spanish discourses and literary texts from the late fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries from the perspective of feminist disability theories. This study explores a wide range of Spanish medical, regulatory and moral discourses, illustratin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Juárez Almendros, Encarnación (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2017.
Series:	Representations (Liverpool, England)
Subjects:	Spanish literature > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Women with disabilities in literature. Women in literature. Sex role in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese. Spanish literature > Classical period. Literary theory. 1500-1700 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The creation of female disability : medical, prescriptive and moral discourses
The artifice of syphilitic and damaged female bodies in literature
The disabling of aging female bodies : midwives, procuresses, witches and the monstrous mother
Historical testimony of female disability : the neurological impairment of Teresa de Ávila
Conclusion.