-- Women faced conflicting demands under Franco's program of National Catholicism. State-sponsored economic development created a modern consumer society, yet women were expected to remain passive and private, conforming to customary ideals of Catholic womanhood. Morcillo explores the contradictions between modernization and traditional gender expectations, adding new insights into the gender dynamics of authoritarian states. True Catholic Womanhood is essential reading for all those interested in modern Spain, Catholicism, European women's history, and authoritarian social politics.
-- Women faced conflicting demands under Franco's program of National Catholicism. State-sponsored economic development created a modern consumer soci...
Addresses the tension between expectations for the traditional woman, whose primary value to the state was reproductive, and those for the modern consumer-housewife ideal that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. This book offers insights to the gender dynamics of authoritarian states.
Addresses the tension between expectations for the traditional woman, whose primary value to the state was reproductive, and those for the modern cons...
Aurora G. Morcillo Maria Asuncion Gomez Paula De La Cruz-Fernandez
Incorporating a wide range of visual and translated written sources, The Modern Spain Sourcebook documents Spain's history from the Enlightenment to the present.
The book is thematically arranged and includes six key primary sources on ten significant areas of Spanish history, including the arts, work, education, religion, politics, sexuality and empire. As well as the book's overarching introduction, there are theme-specific introductions and vital historical context sections provided for the sources that are presented. There are also useful suggested analytical questions and...
Incorporating a wide range of visual and translated written sources, The Modern Spain Sourcebook documents Spain's history from the Enlighte...
