Fictions of containment in the Spanish female picaresque : architectural space and prostitution in the early modern Mediterranean /

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This study examines the interdependence of gender, sexuality and space in the early modern period, which saw the inception of architecture as a discipline and gave rise to the first custodial institutions for women, among them convents for reformed prostitutes. Meanwhile, conduct manuals established...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuffner, Emily (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Picaresque literature > History and criticism.
Sex role in literature.
Architecture in literature.
Roman picaresque > Histoire et critique.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Architecture dans la littérature.
Literary studies: c. 1500 to c. 1800.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Picaresque literature.
prostitution, literature, early modern, sexuality, space.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Fictions of Containment
  • 1. Prostitution in the Early Modern Spanish Mediterranean
  • 2. Public Space and Public Women
  • 3. Coaches of Deception: The Predatory Pícara
  • 4. Prostitutes in the Window
  • 5. The Doors of Paradise
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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