Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Publicada originalmente en 1891 en una revista literaria, la obra está basada en las propias experiencias de su autora, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, escritora estadounidense prolífica y feminista pionera que desafio reiteradamente las convenciones de su epoca y el rol que la sociedad asignaba a las mujeres. Escribio este relato con la intencion de denunciar el perverso tratamiento al que tuvo que someterse despues de caer en una depresion posparto. Polemica en su momento, la obra alcanzo muy pronto el estatus de clasico de la literatura de terror y puntal de la literatura feminista norteamericana. En el presente volumen rescatamos el texto en una nueva traduccion e incluimos una breve seleccion de los relatos de la autora.

Finales del s.XIX. Un joven matrimonio alquila una antigua mansión para pasar el verano. La narradora está convencida de que la casa está encantada. John, médico y hombre de ciencia, no comparte las ideas de su esposa, sobre la que opina que necesita una

La utopía de una sociedad en la que sólo existen mujeres. Matriarcadia es el relato de una sociedad utópica en la que sólo existen mujeres, quienes gobiernan una sociedad ordenada y pacífica sin va

Los relatos agrupados bajo el título, Si yo fuera un hombre componen un puñado del mejor exponente del trabajo y la idea que mantuvo la vida de Charlotte P. Gilman: preocupación por la situación de las mujeres, sus relaciones con los hombres y la necesidad de arrostrar el propio destino. Las protagonistas suelen ser mujeres que en un momento determinado optan con voluntad y decision por imponer un cambio radical en su vida, haciendose sus dueñas. Tomando como punto de partida, las dificultades de las mujeres para encontrar su propio espacio, amas de casa, madres agotadas, viudas, mujeres abandonadas o engañadas, tienen en comun el impetu con el que resuelven sus problemas. La sutileza del lenguaje, la delicada forma que Gilman elige para contar sus historias, constituye un aliciente mas para leer estos cuentos, traducidos por primera vez al español.

"It is stripped offthe paperin great patches . . . The colour is repellent . . . In the places where it isnt faded and where the sun is just soI can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about . . ." Based on the authors own experiences, The Yellow Wallpaper is the chilling tale of a woman driven to the brink of insanity by the "rest cure" prescribed after the birth of her child. Isolated in a crumbling colonial mansion, in a room with bars on the windows, the tortuous pattern of the yellow wallpaper winds its way into the recesses of her mind. In addition to this masterpiece, this new edition includes a selection of her best short fiction and extracts from her autobiography.

El 1884 Charlotte Gilman, empesa en part pel sentit del deure, va decidir casar-se. Incapaç d'emmotllar-se al model prescrit per a les dones d'aquell temps i esdevenir un angel de la llar, el seu estat mental va començar a anar de mal borras. Al març del 1885 va neixer la seva filla Katharine i la depressio no va fer mes que agreujar-se. En aquella epoca la recepta per a les dones en aquesta situacio era: res d'escriure, res de llegir, res de pensar. Tractament que la va fer passar d'estar malament a literalment arrossegar-se."El paper de paret groc" il·lustra una desfeta mental i la narra amb extraordinari i sostingut tremp, ull clinic i agudesa psicologica. Inserit en el marc d'un conte gotic, es un esborronador al·legat a favor de la insubmissio de les dones respecte a la ferula marital i al poder patriarcal. Tan bon punt es va publicar va causar una tremenda impressio i va ser considerat una obra classica de la literatura de terror. Es una peça indiscutible del canon literari estatunidenc, aixi com una baula del de la literatura escrita per dones. Una obra mestra.

Basado en una experiencia vivida por su autora, este estremecedor relato, escrito con penetración psicológica y presición dramática, nos hace evocar las mejores historias de Edgar Allan Poe.

Los relatos agrupados bajo el título Si yo fuera un hombre, componen un puñado del mejor exponente del trabajo y la idea que mantuvo la vida de Charlotte P. Gilman: preocupación por la situación de las mujeres, sus relaciones con los hombres y la necesidad de arrostrar el propio destino. Las protagonistas suelen ser mujeres que en un momento determinado optan con voluntad y decision por imponer un cambio radical en su vida. Tomando como punto de partida estas dificultades de las mujeres para encontrar su propio espacio, todas tienen en comun el impetu con el que resuelven sus problemas.

Mujeres y economía (1898) és el primer assaig de l'escriptora nord-americana Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935). Pràcticament desconeguda en el nostre país, dintre de l'àmbit anglosaxó està conside

A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be human.

This is written from memory, unfortunately. If I could have brought with me the material I so carefully prepared, this would be a very different story. Whole books full of notes, carefully copied records, firsthand descriptions, and the picturesthat's the worst loss. We had some bird's-eyes of the cities and parks; a lot of lovely views of streets, of buildings, outside and in, and some of those gorgeous gardens, and, most important of all, of the women themselves. Nobody will ever believe how they looked. Descriptions aren't any good when it comes to women, and I never was good at descriptions anyhow. But it's got to be done somehow; the rest of the world needs to know about that country. I haven't said where it was for fear some self-appointed missionaries, or traders, or land-greedy expansionists, will take it upon themselves to push in. They will not be wanted, I can tell them that, and will fare worse than we did if they do find it. It began this way. There were three of us, classmates and friendsTerry O. Nicholson (we used to call him the Old Nick, with good reason), Jeff Margrave, and I, Vandyck Jennings. We had known each other years and years, and in spite of our differences we had a good deal in common. All of us were interested in science. Terry was rich enough to do as he pleased. His great aim was exploration. He used to make all kinds of a row because there was nothing left to explore now, only patchwork and filling in, he said. He filled in well enoughhe had a lot of talentsgreat on mechanics and electricity. Had all kinds of boats and motorcars, and was one of the best of our airmen. We never could have done the thing at all without Terry. Jeff Margrave was born to be a poet, a botanistor bothbut his folks persuaded him to be a doctor instead. He was a good one, for his age, but his real interest was in what he loved to call "the wonders of science." As for me, sociology's my major. You have to back that up with a lot of other sciences, of course. I'm interested in them all. Terry was strong on factsgeography and meteorology and those; Jeff could beat him any time on biology, and I didn't care what it was they talked about, so long as it connected with human life, somehow. There are few things that don't. We three had a chance to join a big scientific expedition. They needed a doctor, and that gave Jeff an excuse for dropping his just opening practice; they needed Terry's experience, his machine, and his money; and as for me, I got in through Terry's influence.

La historia de la literatura universal está plagada de ejemplos de mujeres malignas que han manipulado la voluntad de los hombres utilizando como armas su inteligencia y belleza, mostrando la debilidad del hombre ante las dulces palabras y el erotismo.Como fiel reflejo de la sociedad en que se desarrolla, la literatura muestra los cambios y terrenos que ha ganado la mujer a lo largo de la historia. Aun queda mucho camino que recorrer pero Medea, Sherezade, Morella, Madame Bovary e, incluso, Lisbeth Salander han ayudado a defender y reivindicar los derechos de la mujer.En esta antologia no hemos hecho distincion entre autores o autoras pues nos hemos centrado plenamente en los personajes femeninos como ejes de la antologia. La maldad que estos reflejan, como vera el lector, se produce por el desamor, la venganza o la incomprension y estara repleta de tintes sobrenaturales y misteriosos.Todos los relatos obedecen a la tradicion gotica y son fiel reflejo de esta. Por tanto, el lector observara que, en todos ellos, bajo la atmosfera de misterio laten conflictos amorosos mal resueltos y oscuros impulsos sentimentales. Esperamos que el lector disfrute de esta seleccion de relatos que tienen como protagonistas a mujeres malignas.

En aquest assaig sociològic, publicat el 1911, Charlotte P. Gilman, a partir de les idees de Lester F. Ward, construeix la seva crítica a la cultura androcèntrica. Segons l'autora, l'androcentrisme h

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Diantha, una mujer joven y tan valiente como capaz, sabe cómo salir de una situación económica que le impide casarse y, con ello, ser feliz junto a su amado. Pero poner en práctica su idea supone enfrentarse a lo establecido, a la sociedad mas tradicional (representada a menudo por mujeres) e incluso a ese futuro esposo al que adora y la adora. Pero tambien tendra ayuda, a veces de origen inesperadoCharlotte Perkins Gilman es un referente del primer feminismo, tanto norteamericano como de Europa occidental. Del feminismo que luchaba por tener derechos tan basicos como votar o poder decidir en aspectos que hoy nos puede parecer que siempre han estado al alcance. En su obra, escrita en unos Estados Unidos a caballo entre los siglos XIX y XX, se anima a las mujeres a tomar la iniciativa, contando con su creatividad y su trabajo. Tambien se juzga duramente a aquellas que se posicionan, activa o, casi peor, pasivamente contra el imparable progreso de la mujer en su camino hacia la igualdad.Diantha da un paso adelante. El mas importante. Decide sobre su futuro, responsabilizandose de el en lugar de esperar a que otro lo haga. Su iniciativa puede tener la mayor recompensa, en la forma de una vida plena y libre. Tambien el mayor castigo: verse apartada de la sociedad e incluso del amor. La decision esta tomada

Edited with a new introduction by Aimee McLaughlin"The Yellow Wallpaper" by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892, is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards mental and physical health of women in the 19th century.What happens when a woman is pushed too far? Is she able to express her thoughts and feelings, or is she forced towards the expectation of behaving normally again soon? A woman travels with her husband to an old colonial mansion after a nervous breakdown triggered by the birth of their child. Confined to the nursery and allowed only to breathe fresh air, eat well and rest in line with a regimented cure, she slowly begins to unravel at the seams. Her only distraction is writing in secret that, and the woman she begins to see trapped inside the yellow wallpaper of the room itself. Isolated and breaking apart, she sets herself a task: to free the woman, and to become one with her temporary confinement.Charlotte Perkins-Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper presents a harrowing, disturbing account of mental stress, confinement and female turmoil - within which the only available solace can be found inside four peeling, sickly yellow walls ... Our new edition also features the sequence of poems "Woman" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman."The gothic genre offers Gilman an effective mode of diagnosing contemporary culture whilst in tandem expressing her ensuing fears and anxieties. Gilman within this novella, gothicises the domestic setting, inverting the pillars of domesticity: family, security and understanding, in turn unveiling the dangers lurking behind the familiarity of gender roles within marital relations. The intimate first-person narration of the narrative serves to enhance Gilmans exposure of the oppressive forces of a male-dominated society, as she deplores her protagonists inferior position in her domestic arrangement. The female narrator is encumbered by masculine superiority, undoubtedly dwelling in the middle of patriarchy. Embedded within her characterisation is the subjugated role bestowed upon Victorian women. Gilman projects derangement onto a familiar literary figure the middleclass wife and mother placing the source of this madness in the inviolate sphere for dutiful women the home."from the new introduction to The Yellow Wallpaper by Aimee McLaughlin

"In place of happy love, lonely pain. In place of motherhood, disease. Misery and shame, child. Medicine and surgery, and never any possibility of any child for me."First published in her magazine The Forerunner, Charlotte Perkins Gilmans The Crux is an emotive tale on the nuances of female independence, social expectation and love in early 20th century America.Following an all-female group who move west to open a boarding house for men, The Crux focuses on the experience of Vivian and her desire for the undesirable. Deeply in love with Morton, a charismatic young man infected with both syphilis and gonorrhoea, Vivians expected journey through her marriage years is abruptly turned upside down.Torn by her personal intuition, the advice provided by her female companions and the knowledge that Morton will never give her healthy children, Vivian is faced with a permanent choice to forfeit love for the benefit of future generations.Balancing female and male perspectives on illness, personal preservation and nationalism, The Crux tracks Vivians path through heart break, emotional development and female camaraderie.As an allegory for Gilmans own branch of utopian feminism, The Crux is a story of sacrifice and partnership deliberation within the framework of 20th century disease hysteria, eugenic ideology and developing modernism.Often omitted from her writing canon, The Crux is an integral aspect to understanding not only Gilmans own writing but the history of feminism as a whole."The Crux is essentially a seminar in biological, feminine and social correctness. As stated in the original Forerunner publication, the novel was intended for a specific set of people - young and impressionable women primarily, followed by men and anyone else willing to listen. The Crux, in its barebones, is a nationalist parable for all of America to heed."from Ambrose Kellys new introduction to The Crux* * *Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 1935) was an American humanist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist and served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle.