South American independence : gender, politics, text / Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster and Hilary Owen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Catherine, 1952-

Contributor:

Brewster, Claire, 1957-

Owen, Hilary, 1961-

Series:

Liverpool Latin American studies ; new ser., 7.

Liverpool Latin American studies ; new ser., 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--South America--History--19th century.

Women.

Women and democracy--South America--History--19th century.

Women and democracy.

Sex role--Political aspects--South America--History--19th century.

Sex role.

Women's rights--South America--History--19th century.

Women's rights.

South America--Politics and government--19th century.

South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Through studies of both published and unpublished writings, South American Independence reveals the complex role of women in shaping the vexed ideologies of independence.

Contents:

South American independence : war, liberty, gender, text

Figuring out the feminine : the writings of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830)

Troped out of history : gender slippage and woman in the poetry of Andres Bello (1781-1865)

Competing masculinities and political discourse : the writings of Esteban Echeverria (1805-51)

Satirised woman and counter-strategies

Women, war and Spanish American independence

Women, letter-writing and the wars of independence in Chile

Gender, patriotism and social capital : Josefa Acevedo and Mercedes Marin

Gender and revolution in southern Brazil : restitching the Farroupilha Revolt in the works of Delfina Benigna da Cunha and Ana de Barandas

Juana Manso (1819-75) : women in history

Conclusions: South America, gender, politics, text.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78138-797-4

1-84631-411-9

OCLC:

476209172