Women and Men in Casilda Antón de Olmet's Cancionero de mi tierra.

Abstract

The Cancionero de mi Tierra (Songbook of my land) by Casilda Antón del Olmet, published in 1917, constitutes a significant example of the neopopularism that was gaining prominence in Spanish poetry during those years. It also reflects the Catholic and conservative ideology of its author. Our work analyzes the gender relations present in the text through the different representations of women and men, which are influenced by two factors. The first factor is the misogynistic tradition of popular poetry and the folkloric and paronomastic sources from which the Cancionero de mi tierra inherits. The second factor is the moralizing intention of its author and the patriarchal perspective she adopts, through which she paternalistically observes women, especially those who do not belong to her social class. Our study delves into the interpretation of the imaginary constellations and the mythical and unconscious vision that primarily underlies the relationships between women and men. Secondly, it explores the doxa present in the popular ideological substrate and the cultural Catholic and elitist position of its author.