Contents

pp v-v

Dedication

pp vi-vi

Introduction

pp vii-xii

Part I - Towards Female Exemplarity: Setting the Norm

pp 1-2

1 - From Nationalist Victory to New Signifying Practices

pp 3-8

2 - Engendering Exemplary Women

pp 9-20

3 - La perfecta casada: The Catholic Model of an Ideal Wife

pp 21-33

4 - El ángel del hogar and the Bourgeois Ideal of Domesticity

pp 34-44

5 - Female Formation and La nueva mujer of the Falange

pp 45-68

Part II - Reading Romance: Questioning the Norm

pp 69-70

6 - Post-War Conventions of Representing Women: Gender and Genre Constraints

pp 71-92

7 - “La imperfecta casada” or the Making of an Ideal Wife in Luisa-Maria Linares’ Un marido a precio fijo

pp 93-107

8 - Interpreting ‘Surrender’ in Concha Linares-Becerra’s Como los hombres nos quieren

pp 108-123

9 - Carmen de Icaza's Soñar la vida or the Imperative to Dream

pp 124-145

10 - Taking Matters into Your Own Hands in Maria Mercedes Ortoll's En pos de la ilusión

pp 146-169

Conclusion

pp 170-172

Bibliography

pp 173-182

Index

pp 183-187