[This] book is, and will continue to be for years to come, a necessity for all readers interested in Argentina's early nineteenth century and the debates surrounding the role of women in national life as the recently independent region began the protracted process of nation formation. [...] Women and Print Culture in Post-Independence Buenos Aires is, without doubt, the most ... Read moresignificant piece of scholarship on this period and this topic that has been published in years. It will also, no doubt, continue to be an invaluable guide for scholars in future years.
BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES
In sum, Women and Print Culture in Post-Independence Buenos Aires is a careful archival study that brings to light some understudied texts and corrects misunderstanding about others. It is well researched, informative and valuable to the fields of nineteenth-century history, literature and women's studies in Latin America.
BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES
This study is an excellent exploration of a complex and experimental time in post-revolutionary Buenos Aires.
BULLETIN OF LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH
Macintyre's study is a welcome ray of light that will help guide the work of scholars interested in issues of gender and writing in the Plata during the early 1800s... it should be required reading for those specializing in book history and gender issues during independence in any region of Latin America.
THE AMERICAS
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