LaGreca, Nancy,  1972- <br/><br/>
Rewriting Womanhood :   Feminism, Subjectivity, and the Angel of the House in the Latin American Novel, 1887–1903 /  
Nancy LaGreca. 
 - 1 online resource (216 pages). 
 - The Penn State Romance studies series .
 - Penn State Romance studies. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-193) and index. 
<br/><br/>Women's imagined roles in nineteenth-century Mexico : seclusion in the midst of progress and early feminist reactions -- Coming of age(ncy) : Refugio Barragín 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. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> "An historical and theoretical literary study of three Latin American women writers, Refugio Barragán of Mexico, Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera of Peru, and Ana Roque 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780271036519 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in literature.<br/>Feminism and literature--Latin America.<br/>Spanish American literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Spanish American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ7081.5  / .L35 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>863/.5099287