New Women of Spain

This collection of essays provides a profound insight into today’s discussion of feminist positions among female Spanish scholars. The focus is placed on the social and policial achievements that feminism has attained since the transition to democracy in Spain.

It outlines the radical changes of the image of women. Above all, however, this reader illustrates the extent of academic research on issues of gender, wich has become increasingly differentiated over the last 30 years.

Elisabeth de Sotelo

This book is a tremendous example of the dramatic development of feminism And the new status of women in Spain.

*Prof. Dr. Elisabeth de Sotelo, Psychologist, Department of the Science of Education at University of Koblenz-Landau, Founder and Director of the Women’s Studies Programme at University Koblenz-Landau.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

 Thirty Years of Transformative Thinking
 On Selected Historical Differences and Parallels in American, German and Spanish Feminism. Elisabeth de Sotelo

PART 1

POLITICAL CHANGE AND WOMEN’S POWER

 The Long Road of Spanish Women Toward Equality . Valentina Fernández Vargas
 Three Generations of Women in Spain : Judith Astelarra
 Feminist Women in the Spanish Political Transition. Inés Alberdi
 The Pleasure of the Simulacrum. Rosa María Rodríguez Magda
 Critical Feminism, Citizenship and Political Subjects. Neus Campillo
 The Fragility of Democracy - The Parity Debate. Rosa Cobo
 Spanish Women Within a European Framework: New Challenges and Opportunities Pilar Folguera

PART 2

RECEPTION OF INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO FEMINISM

 Feminism and the Triad of Enlightenment Ideals. Celia Amorós
 The Feminist Movement and Redefinition of Reality. Ana de Miguel
 Feminism - The Total Revolution. Victoria Sau
 The Growing Presence of Feminist Theory in Spain. Luisa Posada Kubissa
 Feminist Philosophy in Spain. María Xosé Agra Romero
 Gender at Stake: Some Debates in Feminist Theory. María José Guerra

PART 3

ANDROCENTRIC STRUCTURES AND THEIR EFFECTS

 Gender, Nature and Death: Women in Bullfights. Alicia H. Puleo
 Androcentrism and Violence Montserrat Moreno Marimón - Genoveva Sastre
 Progress in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence in Present-Day Spain. Esperanza Bosch Fiol, Victoria A. Ferrer Pérez
 Women of Three Generations Talk About Age and Aging. Anna Freixas
 Women Versus New Reproductive Technologies. Silvia Tubert

PART 4

SELF-CONCEPTUALIZATION IN KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE

  Gender Perspective and Feminist Visions in Psychology. Ester Barberá Heredia
  Good, Freedom and Happiness - A Kantian Approach to Autonomy and Cooperation. Stella Villarmea.
  Some Remarks on Subjectivity and Experience. Fina Birulés.
  Methodology for the Elaboration of an Autobiography. Teresa del Valle.
  A presupposition of Intertextuality in Clarin’s La Regenta and Chopin’s The Awakening. María Socorro Suárez Lafuente.
  Feminism’s Revenge. From Sorority to Sororicide: Spanish Women Authors in the New Millenium. Elena Gascón Vera.

PART 5

WOMEN’S POSITION IN FAMILY, WORK AND POLICY

  Daily Life of Working women in Spain at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Rosa María Capel Martínez.
  Women in Spain: an “Adjustment Variable” Between Home and Market. Cristina Carrasco.
  Public Policies and Private Strategies: Family and Employment in Spain. Constanza Tobío.
  Approach to the Fiscal Policy From a Gender Viewpoint: The Cases of Germany and Spain. Paloma de Villota.
  Unpaid Work and Families. María Angeles Duran.
  Young Women, Work and Families. Francesca Salvà Mut, M.Dolors Forteza Forteza

PART 6

WOMEN’S EDUCATION AND FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES

  Humanitas and the Education of Roman Women. Rosa Francia Somalo.
  Changings of Women’s Education. Mercedes Vico Monteoliva.
  Women at Spanish Universities. The Origin of Their Presence. Consuelo Flecha García
  A Retrospective. Angela López Jiménez
  The Process of Social Change in Spanish Univesities. Rita Radi Philipp
  Women and Higher Education. Cándida Martínez, Pilar Ballarín.

Biographies.