Title Three traveling women writers : cross-cultural perspectives of Brazil, Patagonia, and the U.S from the nineteenth century / Natália Fontes de Oliveira

Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 27 Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 27. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1 In Search of Adventure: Florence Dixie's Across Patagonia; 2 In-Between the World of Politics: Eduarda Mansilla's Recuerdos de Viaje; 3 In the Name of Science: Elizabeth Cabot-Agassiz's A Journey in Brazil; Conclusion; References; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Index Summary "This book presents an alternative framework for reading nineteenth century women's travel narratives by challenging the traditional paradigms which often limit women's space in print culture. For the first time, through a comparative lens, a Latin American woman's travel narrative is analyzed concomitantly with the narratives of a North American and a European writer. Contrary to the common assumption that Latin American women were powerless victims of imperialism, elite women had access to the predominant philosophies of their time, traveled around the globe, and wrote about their experiences.?This book examines how an Argentinian writer, together with an English and an American writer, manipulate their bourgeois identity to inhabit the male dominated sphere of print culture. By travelling and publishing travel narratives, the three traveling women writers search for empowerment to establish their authority as writers and shapers of knowledge in literature. Utilizing several concepts and criticisms, including Aristotle's rhetoric, Foucault's theories, travel writing criticism, postcolonial discourse, and feminist literary criticism; this volume attempts to challenge old-fashioned architypes and confinements of gender for traveling women writers in the nineteenth century."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Women authors -- 19th century Travel writing -- History -- 19th century Comparative literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Feminist. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. Comparative literature Travel writing Women authors Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781315100982 1315100983 9781351587747 1351587749 9781351587723 1351587722 9781138088887 1138088889

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