Conflicts of interest : the letters of Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton ; edited, with a commentary, by Rosaura Sanchez and Beatrice Pita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 1832-1895.

Contributor:

Pita, Beatrice.

Sánchez, Rosaura.

Series:

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication.

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 1832-1895--Correspondence.

Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo.

Hispanic American authors--Correspondence.

Hispanic American authors.

Hispanic American women--Correspondence.

Hispanic American women.

Novelists, American--19th century--Correspondence.

Novelists, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (671 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

María Amparo Ruiz de Burton, the recently discovered nineteenth-century novelist, broke many of the boundaries that circumscribed the life of both women and Hispanics in the southwestern territories of the United States. Not only was she the first Hispanic novelist to write English, but her courage and resolve took her into the circles of governmental and financial power where very few women had tread before. Conflicts of Interest captures the conflicted personality of María Amparo Ruiz de Burton, a woman pulled in different directions by tensions of class, race, gender, and nationality. The trajectory of Ruiz de Burtons life through her correspondence makes for a compelling and revealing narrative, one that brings to life the evolution of discourse and culture in the Southwest as it was becoming integrated in the United States a process which, some might argue, continues today. This volume is as complete a collection of the Ruiz de Burton letters as is possible, given the imperfect historical record. Included are various personal and business documents and a collection of articles about her family. Among her correspondents were such important historical figures as Samuel L. M. Barlow, E. W. Morse, Prudenciana Moreno, and Platón Vallejo. But this album is not a simple collection of letters and documents; rather, researchers Sánchez and Pita have made great efforts to reconstitute Ruiz de Burtons life and times through their analysis and commentary.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Introduction""; ""Notes""; ""TEXT ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781611920994

161192099X

OCLC:

922965519