South American Independence
Gender, Politics, Text
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
321 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2006
The struggle for independence in Latin America during the first half of the nineteenth century was accompanied by wide-ranging debates about political rights, nationality, and citizenship. South American Independence investigates the neglected role of gender in that discussion.
Examining the work of women writers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Colombia, the authors trace 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 Through studies of both published and unpublished writings, South American Independence reveals the complex role of women in shaping the vexed ideologies of independence.
"In its effort to bring the modern feminine critique to bear on the first decades of independence, and particularly in its discussion of some of the conflicts women faced both in their roles in society and in their self-perceptions, the book makes a valuable contribution."—International History Review
“A novel, original, suggestive, and profoundly thought-provoking study of Latin American independence. I genuinely think this is a classic in the making.”—Will Fowler, University of St Andrews
Contents
List of plates
Acknowledgements
PART I
1 South American Independence: War, Liberty, Gender, Text
2 Figuring the Feminine: The Writings of Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
3 Troped Out of History: Gender Slippage and Woman in the Poetry of Andrés
Bello (1781-1865)
4 Competing Masculinities and Political Discourse:
The Writings of Esteban Echeverría (1805-51)
5 Satirised Woman and Counter-Strategies
PART II
6 Women, War and Spanish American Independence
7 Women, Letter-Writing and the Wars of Independence in Chile
8 Gender, Patriotism and Social Capital: Josefa Acevedo and Mercedes Marín
9 Gender and Revolution in Southern Brazil: Restitching the Farroupilha Revolt
in the Works of Delfina Benigna da Cunha and Ana de Barandas
10 Juana Manso (1819-75): Women in History
11 Conclusions: South America, Gender, Politics, Text
Bibliography
Index
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