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9780708324707

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English

This book examines issues of sex and society in early twentieth-century Spain, with particular emphasis on eugenics and the sex reform movement. As a central narrative thread it uses the specific case history of Hildegart Rodriquez (1914-33), a 'eugenic' child who came to be one of the central players in the Spanish chapter of the World League for Sexual Reform (WLSR) and was made tragically famous when murdered by her mother. In the last two years of her life Hildegart was in correspondence with the English sexologist Havelock Ellis. Her letters to him, reproduced in the appendix, provide a unique source for understanding the WLSR in Spain, its complexities, and its relationship to similar movements elsewhere in Europe. The letters also make it possible to glimpse in poignant and dramatic detail the personal tensions and anxieties in the life of this young woman that was brought to such a premature end.

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University of Wales Press

Date de parution

15 septembre 2007

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780708324707

Langue

English

Iberian and Latin American Studies

Sex and Society in Early Twentieth-Century Spain

Hildegart Rodríguez and the World League for Sexual Reform

Alison Sinclair

University of Wales Press

IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

Sex and Society in Early Twentieth-Century Spain

Series Editors Professor David George (University of Wales, Swansea) Professor Paul Garner (University of Leeds)

Editorial Board David Frier (University of Leeds) Lisa Shaw (University of Liverpool) Gareth Walters (University of Exeter) Rob Stone (University of Wales, Swansea) David Gies (University of Virginia) Catherine Davies (University of Nottingham)

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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN e-ISBN

978-0-7083-2017-4 978-0-7083-2470-7

The right of Alison Sinclair to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Frontispiece: ‘Front cover ofSexualidad(1925–8)’. Reproduced with kind permission of the Hemeroteca Municipal, Madrid.

Typeset by Columns Design Ltd, Reading Printed in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire

IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

Sex and Society in Early Twentieth-Century Spain

Hildegart Rodríguez and the World League for Sexual Reform

ALISON SINCLAIR

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF 2007

Dedicated to the memory of Edith Lees

Contents

Series Editors’ Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: The Face of Reform in Europe and the Spanish Case Chapter Two: Conception of Reform Chapter Three: Growing up under the Dictatorship Chapter Four: Coming to Maturity and the Limits of Tolerance Chapter Five: Hildegart’s ‘child’, the Spanish Liga Chapter Six: The Liga Speaks Chapter Seven: Writing to the ‘fairy god’ Chapter Eight: Filicide: Perfection and Eugenic Death Appendix I: Hildegart’s Letters Appendix II: Brief Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Figures Mentioned in the Text Bibliography Index

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