by Carmen Martín Gaite · Círculo de Lectores, 1987, Barcelona. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422624219
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«Usos amorosos de la postguerra española» is the historical essay by Carmen Martín Gaite, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (252 pages).
Study of how courtship, marriage and infidelity were experienced in post-war Spain, and of the role that official morality reserved for women. Drawing on social history and literature, the author reconstructs everyday conventions and the first stirrings of feminist consciousness.
Work awarded the Anagrama Essay Prize in 1987. ISBN 84-226-2421-4.
Reference work for readers of Spanish social history and gender studies, and for those approaching twentieth-century Spanish literature from a sociological perspective.
Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for Entre visillos; in 1988 she won the Prince of Asturias Award;in 1992 she received the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras, and she also was awarded the Premio Acebo de Honor for her life's work.
