Transatlantic travels in nineteenth-century Latin America : European women pilgrims / Adriana Mendez Rodenas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Méndez Rodenas, Adriana, author.

Series:

Bucknell studies in Latin American literature and theory.

Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women travelers--Latin America--History--19th century.

Women travelers.

Women--Europe--Travel--Latin America--History--19th century.

Women.

Latin America--Social conditions--19th century.

Latin America.

Latin America--Social life and customs--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Bucknell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book studies the travel accounts of five "lady travelers" to Mexico, the Southern Cone, Brazil, and the Caribbean. As eye-witness accounts, their books record the rise of independent republics in Spanish America. Women's travels provide a fresh look at indigenous and African populations in the New World and analyze women's social condition.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. Transatlantic Travels in Nineteenth-Century Latin America: European Women Pilgrims; Chapter Two. Mapping the Unknown: European Women's Travels and the Gaze of Enchantment; Chapter Three. Romancing the Nation: European Women's Travels in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America; Chapter Four. Face-to-Face with the Other: Women Travelers as Ethnographers; Coda: At Home in the Heights; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61148-820-6

1-61148-508-8

OCLC:

865655420