1st Edition
Three Traveling Women Writers Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Brazil, Patagonia, and the U.S from the Nineteenth Century
By Natália Fontes de Oliveira
Copyright 2018
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1: In Search of Adventure: Florence Dixie's Across Patagonia
Chapter 2: In-Between the World of Politics: Eduarda Mansilla's Recuerdos De Viaje
Chapter 3: In the Name of Science: Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz's A Journey in Brazil
References
Biography
Natália Fontes de Oliveira is Associate Professor of English at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil.
