Gender, Science, and Authority in Womens Travel Writing - Literary Perspectives on the Discourse of Natural History

Informationen zum Autor Michelle Medeiros is assistant professor of Spanish at Marquette University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 SoulChapter 3 - Nísia Floresta Voyages through Europe: Transatlantic Perspectives on Nature, Progress, and Women's EducationChapter 4 - Beyond the Laboratory Walls: Doris Cochran's Strategies to Build a Reputation as a Scientist in the Early Twentieth-Century

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Medeiros
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781498579759
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7975-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Latin American Gender and Sexu; Latin American Gender and Sexualities; Latin American Gender and Sexu; Latin American Gender and Sexualities
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries