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A fragmentary inquiry on female criminalization during the Belle Époque
The names of Josefa, Felisa, Mariana, Amparo, Antonia, Teresa, Francisca, Enriqueta, Tomasa or Cecilia, among others, came up in the news of the spanish press during the Belle Époque.
I came across their stories looking for cases of women accused of typical female crimes as adultery, abortion, prostitution, presumption of childbirth, disobedience, kidnapping or witchery among others. Their stories guides this research on the conceptualization of the criminal woman, along with the identification and seclusion systems that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
This project explores the form of the anti-feminist discourse through individual stories, in where the edges of our nature seems to appear. In them, we could see the reflection of how we have been affected, in the most literal sense of the word, by domination and misogyny. Their particular stories are like mirrors to me: would I be like them if I have lived 130 years ago?.
I came across their stories looking for cases of women accused of typical female crimes as adultery, abortion, prostitution, presumption of childbirth, disobedience, kidnapping or witchery among others. Their stories guides this research on the conceptualization of the criminal woman, along with the identification and seclusion systems that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
This project explores the form of the anti-feminist discourse through individual stories, in where the edges of our nature seems to appear. In them, we could see the reflection of how we have been affected, in the most literal sense of the word, by domination and misogyny. Their particular stories are like mirrors to me: would I be like them if I have lived 130 years ago?.
Exhibition 2023 at Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo.Colour and black and white film negative: 6x6cm, 4,5x6cm, 35mm.
Archival material.
Photobook edited during RPS PHOTOBOOK MASTERCLASS 2019 at Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo, with Teun Van der Heijden, Sandra van der Doelen, Yumi Goto and Masaru Goto.
The project has been posible thanks to the collaboration of: Museu d’Historia de la Medicina de Catalunya; Museo de Anatomia Javier Puerta UCM, Madrid (A); Museo Olavide, Madrid (O); Institut d’Historia de la Ciencia i la Medicina Lòpez Piñero, Valencia (M); Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London (G); Museo di Antropologia criminale Cesare Lombroso, Torino (L); Museo del Calzado José Maria Amat Amer, Elda (C); Museu de la Perruqueria Raffel Pagès, Barcelona (P); Museu Frederic Marès, Barcelona.
El proyecto ha sido posible gracias a la colaboración de: Museu d’Historia de la Medicina de Catalunya; Museo de Anatomia Javier Puerta UCM, Madrid (A); Museo Olavide, Madrid (O); Institut d’Historia de la Ciencia i la Medicina Lòpez Piñero, Valencia (M); Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London (G); Museo di Antropologia criminale Cesare Lombroso, Torino (L); Museo del Calzado José Maria Amat Amer, Elda (C); Museu de la Perruqueria Raffel Pagès, Barcelona (P); Museu Frederic Marès, Barcelona
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