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Between 1850 and 1920 women's travel and travel writing underwent
an explosion. It was an exciting period in the history of travel, a
golden age. While transportation had improved, mass tourism had not
yet robbed journeys of their aura of adventure. Although British
women were at the forefront of this movement, a number of intrepid
Spanish women also participated in this new era of travel and
travel writing. They transcended general societal limitations
imposed on Spanish women at a time when the refrain "la mujer en
casa, y con la pata quebrada" described most of their female
compatriots, who suffered from legal constraints, lack of
education, a husband's dictates, or little or no money of their
own. Spanish Women Travelers at Home and Abroad, 1850-1920: From
Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun analyzes the
travels and the travel writings of eleven extraordinary women:
Emilia Pardo Bazan, Carmen de Burgos (pseud. Colombine), Rosario de
Acuna, Carolina Coronado, Emilia Serrano (Baronesa de Wilson), Eva
Canel, Cecilia Boehl de Faber (pseud. Fernan Caballero), Princesses
Paz and Eulalia de Borbon, Sofia Casanova, and Mother Maria de
Jesus Guell. These Spanish women travelers climbed mountain peaks
in their native country, traveled by horseback in the Amazon,
observed the Indians of Tierra del Fuego, suffered from el soroche
[altitude sickness] in the Andes, admired the midnight sun in
Norway, traveled to mission fields in sub-Saharan Africa, and
reported on wars in Europe and North Africa, to mention only a few
of their accomplishments. The goal of this study is to acquaint
English-speaking readers with the narratives of these remarkable
women whose works are not available in translation. Besides
analyzing their travel narratives and the role of travel in their
lives, Spanish Women Travelers includes many long excerpts
translated into English for the first time.
Between 1850 and 1920 women's travel and travel writing underwent
an explosion. It was an exciting period in the history of travel, a
golden age. While transportation had improved, mass tourism had not
yet robbed journeys of their aura of adventure. Although British
women were at the forefront of this movement, a number of intrepid
Spanish women also participated in this new era of travel and
travel writing. They transcended general societal limitations
imposed on Spanish women at a time when the refrain "la mujer en
casa, y con la pata quebrada" described most of their female
compatriots, who suffered from legal constraints, lack of
education, a husband's dictates, or little or no money of their
own. Spanish Women Travelers at Home and Abroad, 1850-1920: From
Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun analyzes the
travels and the travel writings of eleven extraordinary women:
Emilia Pardo Bazan, Carmen de Burgos (pseud. Colombine), Rosario de
Acuna, Carolina Coronado, Emilia Serrano (Baronesa de Wilson), Eva
Canel, Cecilia Boehl de Faber (pseud. Fernan Caballero), Princesses
Paz and Eulalia de Borbon, Sofia Casanova, and Mother Maria de
Jesus Guell. These Spanish women travelers climbed mountain peaks
in their native country, traveled by horseback in the Amazon,
observed the Indians of Tierra del Fuego, suffered from el soroche
[altitude sickness] in the Andes, admired the midnight sun in
Norway, traveled to mission fields in sub-Saharan Africa, and
reported on wars in Europe and North Africa, to mention only a few
of their accomplishments. The goal of this study is to acquaint
English-speaking readers with the narratives of these remarkable
women whose works are not available in translation. Besides
analyzing their travel narratives and the role of travel in their
lives, Spanish Women Travelers includes many long excerpts
translated into English for the first time.
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