Multiple Modernities

This collection of essays confirms Carmen de Burgos's pivotal place in Spanish feminist history by bringing together eminent international scholars who offer new readings of Burgos's work. It includes the analyses of a number of lesser known texts, both fictional and non-fictional, which give us a more comprehensive examination of Burgos's multi-pronged feminist approach. As an important precursor of Beauvoir's Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex] (1949), Burgos's works, especially her essays, are essential feminist reading and complement other European and North American traditions. Gaining familiarity with the breadth and depth of her work serves not only to provide an understanding of Spanish first-wave feminism, but also enriches our appreciation of cultural studies, gender studies, subaltern studies, and travel literature.

Anja Louis is Associate Professor in Cultural and Intercultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, where she is a member of the Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute. Michelle M. Sharp is visiting Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies at Macalester College (Saint Paul, MN).

Contents Editors' Introduction: Carmen de Burgos revisited Carmen de Burgos: A Spanish Feminist - Lost and Found Elizabeth Star-evi- The Carmen de Burgos Enigma: Marriage, Separation, and Public Activism Maryellen Bieder Carmen de Burgos's Place in a Genealogy of Spanish Feminist Thought Roberta Johnson Face to Face with Carmen de Burgos: the Influence of Nineteenth-century Writers Ana I. Simón Alegre Carmen de Burgos and her Virtual Dialogues with Pío Baroja and Miguel de Unamuno Thomas Franz Of Feminism and Fringe: Carmen de Burgos's La melena de la discordia Kathleen Doyle Putting the Brake on Matilde: The Woman Traveller in Carmen de Burgos's El perseguidor Elena Lindholm In Search of Feminist Happiness: Burgos's La entrometida Anja Louis Homosexual and Virile Women in Ellos y ellas and Quiero vivir mi vida Lourdes Estrada-López Carmen de Burgos Speaking for Women Michael Ugarte Bringing the escuela to the despensa: Regenerationist Politics in Burgos's Cookbooks Rebecca Ingram La perfecta casada: Carmen de Burgos's New Feminine Feminist Perfection Michelle M. Sharp