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Matilde Cherner and the Ambiguities of a Pioneering Speech

The Articles from La Ilustración de la Mujer (1875) and the Novel María Magdalena (1880)

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Abstract
Matilde Cherner (1833-1880) published under her male pseudonym – Rafael Luna – María Magdalena, a novel about prostitution that was silenced despite the concealment of her authorial identity. This is a pioneering reflection, but it contradicts the ideologically more ambiguous discourse of her series of articles titled Women Painted by Themselves and published under her name in La Ilustración de la Mujer in 1875. This article aims to analyse these ambiguities, so frequent in the authors of the second half of the nineteenth century, as well as the opacity in the treatment of violence against women.


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Submitted: Feb. 1, 2024 | Accepted: March 19, 2024 | Published June 13, 2024 | Language: es

Keywords Female instruction • Violencia contra la mujer • Instrucción femenina • Literatura de mujer siglo XIX • Nineteenth century women’s literature • Prostitution • Prostitución • Women’s press • Prensa femenina

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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2024/22/008