Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Realism’s Blood 1
6. Chapter One. The Colour of Blood: Racializing Illegitimacy in Doña Luz 25
7. Chapter Two. From Blood to Flesh: Avowing Material Pleasure in La Regenta 64
8. Chapter Three. Social Blood: The Aesthetics of the Crowd in La desheredada 92
9. Chapter Four. Transfusions: Queering Kinship in Fortunata y Jacinta: Dos historias de casadas 128
10. Coda: The Bleeding Body 159
11. Notes 169
12. Works Cited 183
13. Index 195