Luisa Sigea de Velasco, an apparently "feminist" philosopher

Authors

  • Imma Font Mareñà Universitat de Girona

Keywords:

Luisa Sigea de Velasco, philosopher, feminist, Dialogue of Two Maidens on the Court Lifestyle and the Secluded Lifestyle, puellae doctae, patriarchy

Abstract

Throughout her work Dialogue of Two Maidens on the Courtly Lifestyle and the Secluded Lifestyle (1552), the philosopher Luisa Sigea de Velasco (1522-1560) develops a series of apparently “feminist” reflections. However, a thorough and reflective reading of this work and of her arguments have led us to conclude that although she does in some ways advocate on behalf of women, Sigea does not actually argue in favour of equality nor of female emancipation, because that is not her aim.

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Published

2015-10-20

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Font Mareñà, I. 2015. Luisa Sigea de Velasco, an apparently "feminist" philosopher. Lectora: Journal of Women and Textuality. 21 (Oct. 2015), 145–163.

Issue

No. 21 (2015): Noir and Female. Women Writers of Crime Novel in the Iberian Peninsula

Section

VARIA

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