Gender, Science, and Authority in Women's Travel Writing - Literary Perspectives on the Discourse of Natural History (Hardcover)

Literary Perspectives on the Discourse of Natural History: Gender, Science and Authority in Women's Travel Writing 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.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Latin American Gender and Sexualities
Release date:	April 2019
Authors:	Michelle Medeiros
Dimensions:	232 x 159 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-7975-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-4985-7975-2
Barcode:	9781498579759

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