| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Liverpool Latin American studies ; new ser., 7 |
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Liverpool Latin American studies ; new ser., 7.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Examining women writers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Colombia, this 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. It reveals the complex role of women in shaping the vexed ideologies of independence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-301) and index |
| Notes |
Text in English with quotations in Spanish and Portuguese |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Women's rights -- Latin America -- History
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Latin American literature -- History and criticism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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Latin American literature
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Women's rights
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Onafhankelijkheidsbewegingen.
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Bellettrie.
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Spaans.
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| SUBJECT |
Latin America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074900
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| Subject |
Latin America
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Zuid-Amerika.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brewster, Claire, 1957- author.
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Owen, Hilary, 1961- author.
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| ISBN |
9781846314117 |
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1846314119 |
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9781846310270 |
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184631027X |
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9781781387979 |
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1781387974 |
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