Fictions of Containment in the Spanish Female Picaresque

Emily Kuffner is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. Her research focuses on literary prostitution in the picaresque genre, gender studies, humoral medicine, and the botanical in literature.

"Fictions of Containment is a well-written and thoroughly investigated book that enriches the knowledge of early modern historical and fictional prostitution (...) This book is without a doubt an important contribution to the area of early modern studies and should be a required reading for any professional in the field." - Encarnación Juárez-Almendros, Rensaissance Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 3, Fall 2020

• Table of Contents Introduction: Fictions of Containment Prostibulary Fiction Mediterranean Spain Containing Early Modern Sexuality The Uncontainably Erotic: Approaching Prostitution and Sexuality Chapter One: Prostitution in the Early Modern Spanish Mediterranean The Sex Trade in La Lozana andaluza Reform and Prohibition Chapter Two: Public Space and Public Women The House as Body Performing Modesty Veiling: The Woman Unhoused The Courtesan Housed Chapter Three: Coaches of Deception: The Predatory Pícara Cervantine Pícaras Celestina’s Daughter The Harpies of Madrid Chapter Four: Prostitutes in the Window The Erotics of the Early Modern Window Windows in Didactic Literature Windows and Prostitution Chapter Five: The Doors of Paradise The Literal Doorway The Metaphorical Doorway The Doors of Paradise Conclusion Bibliography