Family and politics. Masculinity and femininity in Spanish democratic discourse, 1840-1868

Authors

  • Florencia Peyrou

Keywords:

Spain, 19-century, democracy, politics, family, masculinity, femininity

Abstract

The article analyzes the visions of Spanish Democratic and Republican groups of the period 1840-1868 in what concerns the nature of the sexes, their functions, aptitudes and destinies, the place that each occupied in the public and private spheres, and the relations that should exist between them. At the centre of the analysis is the institution of the family, which both democrats and republicans considered the basic unit of society and fundamental when they contemplated any reform project. This was not only because it constituted the primary space for the socialization of future citizens, but also because it was the ideal, the model to which the political and social ordering in the democratic project had to conform, and the incarnation of the very national community.

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