Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Decimonónica
Volume
20
Issue
1
Publisher
Decimonónica
Publication Date
2023
First Page
63
Last Page
81
Abstract
When the anonymous editor A. B. C. pens the introduction to Nemecia González y Sardón’s 1867 Corona Fúnebre, he resorts to an unattributed citation stating “youth have no history” to contextualize the scant achievements of the young woman memorialized (6, translation mine). Indeed, most of the forgotten funeral memorials published under the aforementioned title are dedicated to older, accomplished men whose social and political status as presidents of nations, generals, doctors, and celebrity poets assured them a place in history. Young, unmarried women— señoritas—did not normally occupy political or social spaces, outside of the domestic sphere, that would permit them to cultivate a historical presence.1
Recommended Citation
Zalduondo, María, "“La juventud no tiene historia”: Gender and Consolation in the Corona Fúnebre Elegies and Eulogies Dedicated to Spanish American Señoritas (1858-1896)" (2023). Decimonónica. Paper 6.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/decimononica/6