RT journal article
T1 Defining Desire: Re(storyng) a 'fraudulent' marriage in 1901 Spain
A1 Vázquez García, Francisco
A1 De Gabriel, Narciso
A1 De Palma, Renée
A2 HistoriaGeografía y Filosofía
K1 Identity
K1 lesbian
K1 marriage
K1 queer
K1 Spain
AB In the second half of the 19th century, two Spanish primary school teachers weremarried despite the fact that their legal status as women rendered this union notonly illegal but also publicly scandalous. In 2008 their story was resurrected in theform of a book based on an extensive review of educational, legal, and media archives.The Spanish press responded to the book’s publication by embedding the events withina more recent historical narrative around the struggle for gay marriage rights. In thisarticle, we analyze the events in light of the understandings of sex, gender and sexualitythat were available at the time, and then explore both the continuities and discontinuitieswith the modern interpretive framework that affords these women a lesbianidentity, drawing upon Bennett’s notion of ‘‘lesbian-like’’ practices in eras where suchidentities were not yet conceptualized.
PB Sage Pub.
SN 14617382
YR 2020
FD 2020-03-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22781
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22781
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026