Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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First published: June 1, 2025 - Last updated: June 1, 2025

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Speaker: Antonio J. Arraiza-Rivera

Title: “También son alguien las mujeres”

Subtitle: Gender, Readership, and Violence in Solís’s Hermafrodito y Sálmacis

Conference: 71st Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America (March 20-22, 2025) - Online Program

Session: The Hiddenness of Sexual Violence in Early Modern Spanish Literature III: Reversals and Contestations (Chair: John Slater)

Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date: March 22, 2025

Language: English

Keywords: Modern History: 17th Century | European History: Spanish History | Mythological Offenders / Salmacis; Cases: Mythological Victims / Hermaphroditus; Types: Rape / Attempted Rape; Representations: Literary Texts / Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra



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Speaker: Antonio J. Arraiza-Rivera, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Wellesley College - Academia.edu

Abstract: »This paper analyzes Antonio de Solís y Rivadeneira’s Hermafrodito y Sálmacis. An example of a fábula mitológica burlesca, Solís’ poem exhibits the well-known characteristics proper to the subgenre of humorous poetry on mythological episodes common in seventeenth-century Spain. However, given its subject (a retelling of the Hermaphroditus and Salmacis story), the work’s explicit acknowledgement of female readers beckons to be read in light of early Modern Spanish lyric’s engagement with discourses on love, consent, and sexual violence. As one of the few myths that depict the attempted rape of a man at the hands of a woman, this paper interrogates Solis’ treatment of the episode and the role accorded to female characters and readers, paying attention to the logic of parodic reversal that accounts for much of the subgenre’s supposed humor.« (Source: Online Program)

Wikipedia: History of Europe: History of Spain / Habsburg Spain | Literature: Spanish literature / Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra | Myth: Greek mythology / Hermaphroditus, Salmacis | Sex and the law: Rape / History of rape