Focusing on works by major realist authors such as Benito P歋rez Gald漃s, Emilia Pardo Baz榥n, and Leopoldo Alas (Clar毃n), as well as popular novelists like Eduardo L漃pez Bago, Marginal Subjects
argues that these archetypes were used to channel collective anxieties about sexuality, class, race, and nation. Tsuchiya also draws on medical and anthropological texts and illustrated
periodicals to locate literary works within larger cultural debates. Marginal Subjects is a riveting exploration of why realist and naturalist narratives were so invested in representing gender
deviance in fin-de-si墈cle Spain.'--pub. desc.
