South American Independence: Gender, Politics, Text (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Latin American Studies)

Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Plates......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Part I......Page 14
1: South American Independence: War, Liberty, Gender, Text......Page 16
2: Figuring the Feminine: The Writings of Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)......Page 46
3: Troped Out of History: Gender Slippage and Woman in the Poetry of Andrés Bello (1781-1865)......Page 69
4: Competing Masculinities and Political Discourse: The Writings of Esteban Echeverría (1805-51)......Page 89
5: Satirised Woman and Counter-Strategies......Page 113
Part II......Page 142
6: Women, War and Spanish American Independence......Page 144
7: Women, Letter-Writing and the Wars of Independence in Chile......Page 172
8: Gender, Patriotism and Social Capital: Josefa Acevedo and Mercedes Marín......Page 196
9: Gender and Revolution in Southern Brazil: Restitching the Farroupilha Revolt in the Works of Delfina Benigna da Cunha and Ana de Barandas......Page 223
10: Juana Manso (1819-75): Women in History......Page 254
Bibliography......Page 290
Index......Page 315