Loading…
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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2017.
|
| Series: | Representations (Liverpool, England)
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
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.