| Gender, Science, and Authority in Women's Travel Writing: Literary Perspectives on the Discourse of Natural History Contributor(s): Medeiros, Michelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498579752 ISBN-13: 9781498579759 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - History | Latin America - General - Science |
| Dewey: 500.82 |
| LCCN: 2019001171 |
| Series: Latin American Gender and Sexualities |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.03 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |