JOURNAL ARTICLE

La mujer sintética de Galdós: un análisis de la materialidad de género.

  • Published In: Hispanic Review, 2025, v. 93, n. 4. P. 537 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Chang, Julia 3 of 3

Abstract

In this article, I examine what I call the "synthetic woman" in Benito Pérez Galdós's realist novels, with the aim of centering the materiality of gender, something that has been overlooked in the name of gender performativity. Bringing literary realism to bear on theories of gender, I center my analysis on the materiality of protagonists whose beauty is synthetically fabricated. The characters in question—Isidora Rufete, Rosalía de Bringas, Doña Lupe, and Tristana—stand out because of an indispensable ornamental element of their self-fashioning. Ultimately, I question whether gender is merely performative, suggesting that the material aspects of feminine embodiment reveal the theory to be threadbare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Hispanic Review. 2025/10, Vol. 93, Issue 4, p537
  • Document Type:Literary Criticism
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0018-2176
  • DOI:10.1353/hir.2025.a972791
  • Accession Number:189001265
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