| Fashioning Feminism in Cuba and Beyond: The Prose of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda Contributor(s): Alvarez-Detrell, Tamara (Editor), Paulson, Michael G. (Editor), Pastor, Brigida M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820457345 ISBN-13: 9780820457345 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $106.31 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 868.509 |
| LCCN: 2003007306 |
| Series: Caribbean Studies |
| Physical Information: 246 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though open public discussion of the oppression of women was precluded by the nature of Hispanic societies during the nineteenth century, some Hispanic women - among them the Cuban writer Gertrudis G mez de Avellaneda - subtly sought to promote ideas of emancipation. Focusing upon her autobiographical letters and a selection of her novels, and drawing on contemporary psychoanalytical feminist theory, this book traces the evolution of Avellaneda's feminism, showing how she developed a series of narrative techniques and stylistic resources to explore male and female self-representation, and subvert the existing textual tradition. Fashioning Feminism in Cuba and Beyond establishes Avellaneda at the forefront of both Cuban and Hispanic nineteenth-century literature and feminist thought. |