South American independence [[electronic resource] ] : gender, politics, text / / Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster and Hilary Owen

• Autore: Davies Catherine <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4209809034
• Soggetto topico: Women - Political activity - South America - History - 19th century; Women and democracy - South America - History - 19th century; Sex role - Political aspects - South America - History - 19th century; Women's rights - South America - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: South America Politics and government 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BrewsterClaire <1957-> OwenHilary <1961->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Part I; 1: South American Independence: War, Liberty, Gender, Text; 2: Figuring the Feminine: The Writings of Simón Bolívar (1783-1830); 3: Troped Out of History: Gender Slippage and Woman in the Poetry of Andrés Bello (1781-1865); 4: Competing Masculinities and Political Discourse: The Writings of Esteban Echeverría (1805-51); 5: Satirised Woman and Counter-Strategies; Part II; 6: Women, War and Spanish American Independence; 7: Women, Letter-Writing and the Wars of Independence in Chile ; 8: Gender, Patriotism and Social Capital: Josefa Acevedo and Mercedes Marín9: Gender and Revolution in Southern Brazil: Restitching the Farroupilha Revolt in the Works of Delfina Benigna da Cunha and Ana de Barandas; 10: Juana Manso (1819-75): Women in History; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The struggles for independence in Latin America during the first half of the nineteenth century were accompanied by a wide-ranging debate about political rights, nationality and citizenship. In South American Independence , Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster and Hilary Owen investigate the neglected role of gender in that discussion. Examining women writers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Colombia, the book traces the contradictions inherent in revolutionary movements that, while arguing for the rights of all, remained ambivalent, at best, about the place of women. Through studies of
• Titolo autorizzato: South American independence
• ISBN: 1-78138-797-4; 1-84631-411-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453879903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Liverpool Latin American studies ; ; new ser., 7.