Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain

The Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, 1787–1823

Catherine M. Jaffe, Elisa Martín-Valdepeñas Yagüe (Herausgeber)

Anne J. Cruz, Elizabeth Franklin Lewis, Mónica Bolufer Peruga (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

277 Seiten

2022
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-7680-1 (ISBN)

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In original essays drawn, Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain reveals how the members of the Junta de Damas de Honor y Merito, founded in 1787, claimed a role in the public sphere through their self-representation as civic mothers and created an enlightened legacy for modern feminism in Spain.

In original essays drawn from a myriad of archival materials, Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain reveals how the members of the Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, founded in 1787 to administer charities and schools for impoverished women and children, claimed a role in the public sphere through their self-representation as civic mothers and created an enlightened legacy for modern feminism in Spain.

Catherine M. Jaffe is professor of Spanish literature at Texas State University and the coeditor of several books, including Eve's Enlightenment: Women's Experience in Spain and Spanish America, 1726-1839. Elisa Martin-ValdepenasYague holds a doctorate in modern history from the National University of Distance Education in Spain. She coauthored, with Catherine M. Jaffe, Maria Lorenza de los Rios, marquesa de Fuerte-Hijar: Vida y obra de una escritora del siglo de las Luces.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies
Zusatzinfo	17 illustrations, 1 line drawing, 1 map
Verlagsort	Baton Rouge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	668 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-8071-7680-X / 080717680X
ISBN-13	978-0-8071-7680-1 / 9780807176801
Zustand	Neuware