Catherine Davies is a Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies and the former Director of the Institute of Modern Languages Research at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Claire Brewster is a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. She is author of Responding to Crisis in Contemporary Mexico (University of Arizona Press, 2005). Hilary Owen is a Professor Emerita in Portuguese and Luso-African Studies at the University of Manchester and a Research Fellow in the Sub-Faculty of Portuguese Studies at the University of Oxford.
A novel, original, suggestive, and profoundly thought-provoking study of Latin American independence. I genuinely think this is a classic in the making. This book offers an appealing blend of history and literary criticism, with the added benefit on an important focus on women and gender, a theme long neglected in studies of South American Independence. It could be used successfully in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in history, literature and Latin American studies. And it goes without saying that for scholars of the independence era it is an important addition to bibliographies and book-shelves. The authors should be praised for in covering several hitherto unknown or forgotten texts, mainly those written by women, as well as for a cautious analysis of these and the scholarly literature written on the subject. ...a valuable contribution to the study if gender roles and female agency in the first half of the nineteenth century in Latin America, and a fine example of the important of an interdisciplinary approach to Latin American independence.
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
