Women in Context: Women's Writing 1850-1990 S. – Serie

This work provides a survey of women's writing in Sweden, from the beginnings of the struggle for emancipation in the 1850s to the present day. These writers are seen within the political, cultural and economic context of women's lives. Modern critical currents are also assessed and Swedish feminist criticism is considered alongside the French and American traditions.

Traces a long tradition of Spanish women's writing from the end of the Romantic period until today. The book studies the major authors within the changing political, cultural and economic context of women's lives over the past 150 years. Particular attention is paid to women's versions of female subjectivity in relation to the Spanish nation-state, government politics, and the women's liberation movement.