A new edition to the Hispanic Issues series casts light on mass media productions by Spanish women, tracing the way in which questions of gender and difference are negotiated throughout the 20th century. The volume focuses on the various representations in literature and film of the individual and collective identities of Spanish women. It also examines how this feminine cultural tradition has redefined the concept of Spain's national identity.

Women's Narrative and Film in 20th Century Spain examines the development of the feminine cultural tradition in spain and how this tradition reshaped and defined a Spanish national identity. Each chapter focuses on representation of autobiography, alienation and exile, marginality, race, eroticism, political activism, and feminism within the ever-changing nationalisms in different regions of Spain. The book describes how concepts of gender and difference shaped the individual, collective, and national identities of Spanish women and significantly modified the meaning and representation of female sexuality.