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Sweet Femininities: Women and the Confectionery Trade in Eighteenth‐Century Barcelona
Gender &History, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 574-589, October 2022., 2022 Abstract This article examines the intersections between sweetness, femininity and the confectionery trade in eighteenth‐century Barcelona, at a time of growing consumption of sugar and slavery. Drawing on a range of underexplored archival material, this study traces the stories of women of different social groups, namely, elite housewives, nuns and ...
Marta Manzanares Mileo
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The Basque Heroine Libe and the Nationalist Press (1895–1936)
Gender &History, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 77-97, March 2022., 2022 Abstract The founder of Basque nationalism, Sabino Arana, wrote Libe. Melodrama dramático (a dramatic melodrama) in 1902. Arana placed the heroine ‘Libe’ in a medieval battle. She was created to convey what the role of Basque women should be in defending their Homeland. Arana died shortly after the script was published in 1903. His successors attempted
Leyre Arrieta
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 582-602, December 2021., 2021 The Francoist state, in collusion with the Church, tried to domesticate women's bodies and encode dressing patterns in accordance with Catholic moral doctrine. This article interrogates the normative notion of femininity in Francoism, focusing on ecclesiastical discourse and Catholic dress code. The Church dictated dressing norms, and the Franco regime
Uxía Otero‐González
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 623-643, December 2021., 2021 This article aims to study the history of the Centres for the Promotion of Women in relation to the changing religious and gender identities of Spanish women. The first centre was founded by the lay organisation Catholic Action Women in 1959 and similar centres quickly spread across the country, giving access to basic education to many women from a ...
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Medicalising the Jewish Ritual Bath: Women, Health and Purity in the Late Ottoman Empire
Gender &History, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 683-700, October 2021., 2021 Abstract Menstrual impurity is among the most important religious practices in Jewish lore. Examining two case studies of Judeo–Spanish Ottoman Jewry: discussions of the temperature of the ritual bath water; and purity, hygiene and the collective of the Jewish body, this article demonstrates that menstrual impurity in Ottoman Judaism underwent an ...
Anabella Esperanza
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Gender &History, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 94-110, March 2021., 2021 ABSTRACT The feminisation of religion in the nineteenth‐century has been broadly discussed by historians and sociologists. Considering the main contributions of that debate from a critical perspective, this article defends the hypothesis that the Catholic Church identified itself with the same characteristics with which it defined femininity in the ...
Raúl Mínguez‐Blasco
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The Making of “La Gran Familia Mexicana”: Eugenics, Gender, and Sexuality in Mexico
Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 161-185, March 2021., 2021 Abstract This article examines the impact of Mexican eugenics on different programs relating to the family throughout the post‐Revolutionary period. It deals with how Mexican elites thought about the family and how these discussions delimited who should be part of or exist under the banner of “la gran familia mexicana”.
R. Sánchez‐Rivera
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Oficio, Revista de Historia e Interdisciplina, 2022 En este artículo trataremos de reflexionar sobre la construcción del arquetipo de la “mala mujer” a través de la literatura. La larga duración nos permite observar los primeros destellos que el hombre tuvo sobre la “mujer mala”, considerada una bella y ...
Samuel Ignacio Magaña Fuentes
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Adoctrinando mujeres en la España Moderna
Investigaciones Históricas. Época Moderna y Contemporánea, 2022 En el siglo XVII, la misoginia en sus diversas variantes –rechazo, miedo, condescendencia o actitud paternalista hacia el sexo femenino– avanzaba al ritmo de las “transgresiones” de las mujeres urbanas, entendiéndose por ellas –las transgresiones- ciertas actitudes de mayor sociabilidad, libertades o “desajustes” respecto al modelo establecido ...
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Las bañistas de Raquel Forner: mujeres modernas [PDF]
Sztuka Ameryki Łacińskiej, 2018 Las bañistas of Raquel Forner: Modern ...
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