Female criminality and "fake news" in early modern Spanish pliegos sueltos /

This book studies early modern Spanish broadsheets, tabloid newspapers of the day which educated, entertained and indoctrinated readers, much like today's "fake news." Parker Aronson incorporates a sociohistorical approach in which she considers crime and deviance committed by women i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Parker Aronson, Stacey L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, [2022].
Series:	Routledge studies in Latin American and Iberian literature.
Subjects:	Chapbooks, Spanish > History. Broadsides > Spain > History. Female offenders in literature. Women in literature. Popular literature > Spain > History and criticism. Spanish literature > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the Pliegos Sueltos
Women as Bandits and Highway Robbers
Women as Murderers: Mariticide and Infanticide
Women as Prostitutes, Libertines, (and Actors)
Women as Christian Renegades
Women as Enslaved Individuals
Women as Witches and Sorceresses
Women as Miscegenationists
Women Punished (and Transformed into Hybrids)
Conclusion.