Women in Argentina by University Press Of Florida
In this collection of writings by women both inside and outside of Argentina, Monica Szurmuk has unearthed a rich and delightful tradition of travel writing. The selections, recorded from the period 1850-1930, include travelogues by European and North American women who visited Argentina alongside pieces by Argentinean women who describe trips to the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the interior of their own country. In addition to short introductions to each text and author, Szurmuk describes how women's texts were co-opted to form an image of white women as models of nationhood that need to be protected and sheltered. She also examines the history of travel writing alongside the participation of women in public life, population policies, and the development of the public school system, and she offers enlightening conclusions about the nature of travel writing as a literary genre.
"Tells a compelling story about an almost unknown body of work-Argentine women's travel narratives-and also provokes the reader to think more deeply about the intersection between learning about one's country and learning about oneself" - Debra A. Castillo, Cornell University, and author of Easy Women: Sex and Gender in Modern Mexican Fiction"
Monica Szurmuk is assistant professor of Latin American literature at the University of Oregon. She is the editor of the anthology Mujeres y Viaje: Escritos y Testimonios, published in Buenos Aires, and her work has appeared in English and Spanish in journals such as Nuevo Texto Critico and English Language Journal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813018898 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813018897 |
| Title | Women in Argentina |
| Author | Monica Szurmuk |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University Press of Florida |
| Year published | 2001-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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