Screen LibraryWomen, Travel, and Science in Nineteenth-Century Americas : The Politics of Observation /
This book offers a new and insightful look at the interconnections between the United States, Brazil and Mexico during the nineteenth century. Gerassi-Navarro brings together U.S. and Latin American Studies with her analysis of the travel narratives of Frances Calder n de la Barca and Elizabeth Cary...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61506-6 |
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This book offers a new and insightful look at the interconnections between the United States, Brazil and Mexico during the nineteenth century. Gerassi-Navarro brings together U.S. and Latin American Studies with her analysis of the travel narratives of Frances Calder n de la Barca and Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. Inspired by the writings of Alexander von Humboldt these women, in their travels, expand his views on the tropics to include a social dimension to their observations on nature, culture, race, and progress in Brazil and Mexico. Highlighting the role of women as a new kind of observer as w |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVI, 276 pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319615066 |
| Index Number: | PN760 |
| CLC: | I106 |
| Contents: | 1 Travels and Observation: An Introduction -- 2 Humboldt's Cosmography -- 3 Fanny Calder n de la Barca: The Power and Privilege of Observation -- 4 Elizabeth Cary Agassiz: the Art of Scientific Observation -- 5 Conclusions. |