Gender, Science, and Authority in Women’s Travel Writing
Literary Perspectives on the Discourse of Natural History
Seiten
2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7977-3 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7977-3 (ISBN)
This book combines Latin American literature, cultural and gender studies, and history of science to consider the literary perspective of the discourse of natural history in women’s travel narratives, shedding a new light on the implications of women’s contributions to nineteenth and twentieth-century transatlantic intellectual currents.
Gender, Science, and Authority in Women’s Travel Writing: Literary Perspectives on the Discourse of Natural History analyzes the interrelations among authority, gender and the scientific discipline of natural history in the works of transatlantic women travelers from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Michelle Medeiros sheds new light on our understanding of the literary perspectives of the discourse of natural history and how these viewpoints had a surprising impact in areas that went beyond scientific fields.
This book advances the study of travel writing and gender in new directions by bringing together Latin American, European, and American women travelers who actively engaged in natural history discussions in their writings. By demonstrating how these women were only able to participate in intellectual enterprises by embarking on transatlantic voyages, this book discloses how the work produced by these travelers challenged and reshaped dominant discourses, bringing a new point of view to nineteenth and twentieth-centuries studies in Latin American history, literature, cultural studies, and history of science. Moreover, this book analyzes to what extent the approaches employed by female travel writers who wanted to engage in the production of knowledge has evolved in that time period, and to what degree such changes could be considered positive and more productive.
Gender, Science, and Authority in Women’s Travel Writing: Literary Perspectives on the Discourse of Natural History analyzes the interrelations among authority, gender and the scientific discipline of natural history in the works of transatlantic women travelers from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Michelle Medeiros sheds new light on our understanding of the literary perspectives of the discourse of natural history and how these viewpoints had a surprising impact in areas that went beyond scientific fields.
This book advances the study of travel writing and gender in new directions by bringing together Latin American, European, and American women travelers who actively engaged in natural history discussions in their writings. By demonstrating how these women were only able to participate in intellectual enterprises by embarking on transatlantic voyages, this book discloses how the work produced by these travelers challenged and reshaped dominant discourses, bringing a new point of view to nineteenth and twentieth-centuries studies in Latin American history, literature, cultural studies, and history of science. Moreover, this book analyzes to what extent the approaches employed by female travel writers who wanted to engage in the production of knowledge has evolved in that time period, and to what degree such changes could be considered positive and more productive.
Michelle Medeiros is assistant professor of Spanish at Marquette University.
Chapter 1 - Shaping Scientific Knowledge: Maria Graham’s Travels in Nineteenth-Century
Chapter 2 - Gertrudis Gómez de Avelleneda’s Travel Writings: Beyond Optical Illusions of the Soul
Chapter 3 - Nísia Floresta Voyages through Europe: Transatlantic Perspectives on Nature, Progress, and Women’s Education
Chapter 4 - Beyond the Laboratory Walls: Doris Cochran’s Strategies to Build a Reputation as a Scientist in the Early Twentieth-Century
Erscheinungsdatum | 06.03.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | Latin American Gender and Sexualities |
Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 154 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 363 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4985-7977-9 / 1498579779 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-7977-3 / 9781498579773 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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