Female Testaments as Social Discourse: A Textual Analysis Under a Critical Discourse Analysis Approach

Authors

Maria Martinez-Mira, University of Mary WashingtonFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal Title

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Publication Date

2011

Abstract

The following article is an analysis of 33 female wills (from 16th-20th centuries) found in notarial protocols at the Murcia Regional Archives (Murcia, Spain). Using a Critical Discourse Analysis framework, with special emphasis of Pierre Bourdieu’s postulates, this article studies how women handle gender, cultural, and power relations, challenge social hierarchies and, at the same time, reproduce them in their attempt to look respectable/honorable, assert their power, redefine themselves and negotiate their public image.

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The definitive article is available: https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/10786.

The Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences is made available by Richtmann Publishing Ltd (London, England).

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Recommended Citation

Martinez-Mira, María Isabel . “Female Testaments as Social Discourse: A Textual Analysis Under a Critical Discourse Analysis Approach.” Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 2, no. 2 (2011): 101–10.