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Women in Argentina
Szurmuk, Monica, Szurmuk, Mónica
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Description for Women in Argentina
Hardcover. In this collection of writings by women both inside and outside of Argentina, the author has unearthed a tradition of travel writing. The selections, recorded from 1850-1930, include travelogues by European and North American women who visited Argentina. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 b&w photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJ; DN; DSB; JFSJ1; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
In this collection of writings by women both inside and outside of Argentina, Monica Szurmuk has unearthed a rich and delightful tradition of travel writing. The selections, recorded from the period 1850-1930, include travelogues by European and North American women who visited Argentina alongside pieces by Argentinean women who describe trips to the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the interior of their own country. In addition to short introductions to each text and author, Szurmuk describes how women's texts were co-opted to form an image of white women as models of nationhood that need to be protected and ... Read more
In this collection of writings by women both inside and outside of Argentina, Monica Szurmuk has unearthed a rich and delightful tradition of travel writing. The selections, recorded from the period 1850-1930, include travelogues by European and North American women who visited Argentina alongside pieces by Argentinean women who describe trips to the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the interior of their own country. In addition to short introductions to each text and author, Szurmuk describes how women's texts were co-opted to form an image of white women as models of nationhood that need to be protected and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813018898
SKU
V9780813018898
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About Szurmuk, Monica, Szurmuk, Mónica
Monica Szurmuk is assistant professor of Latin American literature at the University of Oregon. She is the editor of the anthology Mujeres y Viaje: Escritos y Testimonios, published in Buenos Aires, and her work has appeared in English and Spanish in journals such as Nuevo Texto Critico and English Language Journal.
Reviews for Women in Argentina
"Tells a compelling story about an almost unknown body of work-Argentine women's travel narratives-and also provokes the reader to think more deeply about the intersection between learning about one's country and learning about oneself." - Debra A. Castillo, Cornell University, and author of Easy Women: Sex and Gender in Modern Mexican Fiction"