Rewriting womanhood : feminism, subjectivity, and the angel of the house in the Latin American novel, 1887-1903
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Rewriting womanhood : feminism, subjectivity, and the angel of the house in the Latin American novel, 1887-1903
（Penn State Romance Studies series）
Pennsylvania State University Press, c2009
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- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-193) and index
Summary: "An historical and theoretical literary study of three Latin American women writers, Refugio Barragán of Mexico, Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera of Peru, and Ana Roqué of Puerto Rico. Examines how these novelists subversively rewrote womanhood vis à vis the prescribed comportment for women during a conservative era"--Provided by publisher
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Contents of Works
- Women's imagined roles in nineteenth-century Mexico : seclusion in the midst of progress and early feminist reactions
- Coming of age(ncy) : Refugio Barragán de Toscano's La hija del bandido
- Women in Peru : national and private struggles for independence
- New models for new women : rethinking Cinderella's virtues and humanizing the stepmother in Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera's Blanca Sol
- Women as body in Puerto Rico : medicine, morality, and institutionalizations of sexual oppression in the long nineteenth century
- Sexual agency in Ana Roque's Luz y sombra : a subversion of the essentialized woman
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Description
In Rewriting Womanhood, Nancy LaGreca explores the subversive refigurings of womanhood in three novels by women writers: La hija del bandido (1887) by Refugio Barragan de Toscano (Mexico; 1846-1916), Blanca Sol (1888) by Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (Peru; 1845-1909), and Luz y sombra (1903) by Ana Roque (Puerto Rico; 1853-1933). While these women were both acclaimed and critiqued in their day, they have been largely overlooked by contemporary mainstream criticism. Detailed enough for experts yet accessible to undergraduates, graduate students, and the general reader, Rewriting Womanhood provides ample historical context for understanding the key women's issues of nineteenth-century Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico; clear definitions of the psychoanalytic theories used to unearth the rewriting of the female self; and in-depth literary analyses of the feminine agency that Barragan, Cabello, and Roque highlight in their fiction.
Rewriting Womanhood reaffirms the value of three women novelists who wished to broaden the ruling-class definition of woman as mother and wife to include woman as individual for a modern era. As such, it is an important contribution to women's studies, nineteenth-century Hispanic studies, and sexuality and gender studies.
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Women's Imagined Roles in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: Seclusion in the Midst of Progress and Early Feminist Reactions
2. Coming of Age(ncy): Refugio Barragan de Toscano's La hija del bandido
3. Women in Peru: National and Private Struggles for Independence
4. New Models for New Women: Rethinking Cinderella's Virtues and Humanizing the Stepmother in Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera's Blanca Sol
5. Women as Body in Puerto Rico: Medicine, Morality, and Institutionalizations of Sexual Oppression in the Long Nineteenth Century
6. Sexual Agency in Ana Roque's Luz y sombra: A Subversion of the Essentialized Woman
Conclusions
Works Cited
Index
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