Santas de revista: Hagiografía y feminismo en Emilia Pardo Bazán. (3rd March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fernández Rodríguez, Natalia
• Is Part Of: Hispanic research journal. Volume 21:Number 2(2020)
• Page Start: 101
• Page End: 114
• Publication Date: 2020-03-03
• Subjects: Emilia Pardo Bazán -- hagiography -- feminism -- sainthood -- saints' lives; Emilia Pardo Bazán -- hagiografía -- feminismo -- santidad -- vidas de santos; Language and culture -- Spanish-speaking countries -- Periodicals; Language and culture -- Portuguese-speaking countries -- Periodicals; Spanish philology -- Periodicals; Portuguese philology -- Periodicals; Spain -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 909.097561
• DOI: 10.1080/14682737.2020.1807200
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1468-2737

Abstract

Abstract: Between 1900 and 1901, Emilia Pardo Bazán wrote thirteen saints' lives which were published in the weekly magazine Blanco y Negro. Her main goal was to reach a female public, to awaken their consciences, and present them with examples of prominent women. In Doña Emilia's hands, the traditional hagiography is made to serve her feminist convictions: the saints become emblems of women's emancipation, always based on an understanding of feminism that emphasizes education, free thinking for women, and inward reflection. By rewriting the lives of saints she was, using every means available to her, to change them into symbols of a progressive understanding of femininity without ever losing sight of hagiography's essential Catholic origins.