Rewriting Womanhood - Feminism, Subjectivity, and the Angel of the House in the Latin American Novel, 1887–1903

About the author

Nancy LaGreca is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at the University of Oklahoma.

Summary

An historical and theoretical literary study of three Latin American women writers, Refugio Barragan of Mexico, Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera of Peru, and Ana Roque of Puerto Rico. Examines how these novelists subversively rewrote womanhood vis a vis the prescribed comportment for women during a conservative era.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy LaGreca, Nancy (University of Oklahoma) LaGreca
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2009
• EAN: 9780271034386
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03438-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Penn State Romance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Caribbean islands, Literature: history & criticism, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form