The objective of this course is to study the social roles that women have held during the different historical stages of Spain, especially with consideration of male roles within the system. Students investigate feminine discrimination throughout time, the fight for equal rights, and current gender relationships in Spain.
Prerequisites:
None
Method of presentation:
Theory, primary sources of various kinds (iconography, literary works and archives).
Required work and form of assessment:
Attendance and participation (20%); paper on an aspect of the class (20%); midterm (30%); final exam (30%).
content:
1. Women in history and the History of women; understanding of role and social position of women in Spain.
2. Women in Roman Spain: the legal configuration of the patriarchic society. Limited citizenship. Patricians, plebeians and slaves; education, production and procreation to serve the Empire. References to feminine power in Roman Spain. The influence of Christianity in the social position of women.
3. Women in Medieval Christian Spain. The social position of women in different kingdoms. Limits to activity and feminine rights: women’s space. Women in royal homes. Education, ways of life and social function of noble women. Women in small towns: ways of life, work, knowledge. Feminine convents.
Women in the lower Middle Ages.
4. Women in Muslim Medieval Spain. Women in the Koran: interpretation and Islamic law. Permissible and prohibited spaces. Family, work, ways of life. Culture and religion of Al-Andalus women.
5. Women in Modern Spain. Women in Spanish international politics. Women from humanism to erudition. Family and work. Women and religion, education, knowledge, feminine creation. The voice of women.
6. Women in Contemporary Spain I. Women and liberalism: the limits of citizenship. Women under the Spanish 19th Century throne. Women as the “domestic angels” or the limits of personal and social developments of women. Education and work in the 19th century. Opening new public spaces; voices of women for equality.
7. Women in Contemporary Spain II. Women’s access to political activity: the first women in Parliament. Toward complete citizenship. The conquest of women’s suffrage. Going back in time: women under Franco’s dictatorship. Feminine associations and feminism in Contemporary Spain.
8. Women in Modern day Spain. Women during the Spanish democratic transition: toward full political and social rights. Education and work. The new image of women. Problems of women in modern day Spain.
Required readings:
AA.VV (1994): Textos para la historia de las mujeres en España, Cátedra, Madrid
Capel Marínez, R. (1986): El trabajo y la educación de la mujer en España, Instituto de la Mujer, Madrid. Fernández Álvarez, M. (2002): Casadas, monjas, rameras y brujas, Espasa, Madrid.
Fernández Valencia, A. (Coor) (2001): Las mujeres en la enseñanza de las ciencias sociales, capítulos 3 y 5. Síntesis, Madrid.
Garrido, E.(ed) (1997): Historia de las mujeres en España. Síntesis, Madrid.
Gómez-Ferrer Morant, G. (2002): Hombres Y mujeres: el difícil camino de la igualdad, Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas. UCM, Madrid.
Scanlon, G. (1986): La polémica feminista en la España Contemporánea. Akal, Madrid.
Segura Graiño, C. (Ed) (1996): De leer a escribir I. La educación de las mujeres: ¿libertad o subordinación?, A.C. Al-Mudayna, Madrid.
Vigil, M. (1986): La vida de las mujeres en los siglos XVI y XVII, Siglo XXI, Madrid.
VV.AA. (1994): Las mujeres en el Antiguo Régimen. Imagen y realidad, Icaria, Barcelona.
Women In Spanish History
The objective of this course is to study the social roles that women have held during the different historical stages of Spain, especially with consideration of male roles within the system. Students investigate feminine discrimination throughout time, the fight for equal rights, and current gender relationships in Spain.
None
Theory, primary sources of various kinds (iconography, literary works and archives).
Attendance and participation (20%); paper on an aspect of the class (20%); midterm (30%); final exam (30%).
1. Women in history and the History of women; understanding of role and social position of women in Spain.
2. Women in Roman Spain: the legal configuration of the patriarchic society. Limited citizenship. Patricians, plebeians and slaves; education, production and procreation to serve the Empire. References to feminine power in Roman Spain. The influence of Christianity in the social position of women.
3. Women in Medieval Christian Spain. The social position of women in different kingdoms. Limits to activity and feminine rights: women’s space. Women in royal homes. Education, ways of life and social function of noble women. Women in small towns: ways of life, work, knowledge. Feminine convents.
Women in the lower Middle Ages.
4. Women in Muslim Medieval Spain. Women in the Koran: interpretation and Islamic law. Permissible and prohibited spaces. Family, work, ways of life. Culture and religion of Al-Andalus women.
5. Women in Modern Spain. Women in Spanish international politics. Women from humanism to erudition. Family and work. Women and religion, education, knowledge, feminine creation. The voice of women.
6. Women in Contemporary Spain I. Women and liberalism: the limits of citizenship. Women under the Spanish 19th Century throne. Women as the “domestic angels” or the limits of personal and social developments of women. Education and work in the 19th century. Opening new public spaces; voices of women for equality.
7. Women in Contemporary Spain II. Women’s access to political activity: the first women in Parliament. Toward complete citizenship. The conquest of women’s suffrage. Going back in time: women under Franco’s dictatorship. Feminine associations and feminism in Contemporary Spain.
8. Women in Modern day Spain. Women during the Spanish democratic transition: toward full political and social rights. Education and work. The new image of women. Problems of women in modern day Spain.