Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Credits xi
5. Note on the Translations xii
6. List of Illustrations xiii
7. Introduction: Discourses on Deviance in Nineteenth-Century Spain 1
8. 1. The Deviant Female Body under Surveillance: Galdós’s La desheredada 28
9. 2. ‘Las Micaelas por fuera y por dentro’: Discipline and Resistance in Fortunata y Jacinta 57
10. 3. Consuming Subjects: Female Reading and Deviant Sexuality in Late Nineteenth-Century Spain 76
11. 4. Gender Trouble and the Crisis of Masculinity in the fin de siglo: Clarín’s Su único hijo and Pardo Bazán’s Memorias de un solterón 112
12. 5. Gender, Orientalism, and the Performance of National Identity in Pardo Bazán’s Insolación 136
13. 6. Taming the Prostitute’s Body: Desire, Knowledge, and the Naturalist Gaze in López Bago’s La prostituta Series 162
14. 7. Female Subjectivity and Agency in Matilde Cherner’s María Magdalena 191
15. Conclusion 213
16. Notes 217
17. Works Cited 251
18. Index 267