| Description |
1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction; Representation and the Politics of Visibility; Transitions and Representations of Lesbianism in the Spanish Media; Living Out/Off Chueca; Politics and Language: The Representation of Some ''Others'' in the Spanish Parliament; Lesbian Literary Identities in the Chueca Book Business; ''Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves'': Lesbian Identities in Contemporary Spanish Literature; ''All L Breaks Loose'': Lola Van Guardia's Lesbian Trilogy; The Aesthetics of Murder in Carme Riera's ''Gloria'': Writing Sexually Subversive Violence |
| Summary |
Lesbian Realities/Lesbian Fictions in Contemporary Spain, edited by Nancy Vosburg and Jacky Collins, focuses exclusively on manifestations of lesbian cultures and identities in contemporary Spain. Bringing together key essays from a range of international scholars, this anthology of critical essays examines the changing cultural, sociological and political landscape of Spain at the turn of the millennium. Divided into two sections, the first contributions focus on the realities of lesbian lives andlooks at how Spanish lesbian identities are constructed through language and the media. The essay |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Spanish fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Spanish fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Lesbianism in literature.
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Lesbian culture -- Spain
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Gender identity -- Spain
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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Gender identity
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Lesbian culture
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Lesbianism in literature
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Spanish fiction
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Spain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vosburg, Nancy, 1953-
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Collins, Jacky.
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| ISBN |
9781611480214 |
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1611480213 |
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1283054795 |
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9781283054799 |
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