"Muerta por su marido": communal rejection of violence against women in Spain (1890–1936).

This article studies the communal rejection of the violence women suffered at the hands of men in Spain between 1890 and 1930. The physical and verbal abuse of women was one of the many conflicts recorded in the long transition spanning the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, although it...

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Publicado en:Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 161 - 176
Autor principal: Bascuñán Añover, Óscar
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2025
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