Fashioning Feminism in Cuba and Beyond
The Prose of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
©2003
Monographs
XIV,
246 Pages
Series:
Caribbean Studies, Volume 8
Summary
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 Gómez 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.
Details
- Pages
- XIV, 246
- Publication Year
- 2003
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820457345
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, Gertrudis Feminismus Feminism /literature Feminism Cuba /History Gomez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2004. XIV, 246 pp.
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