This article analyses the travel narratives of Maipina de la Barra (1878), Eduarda Mansilla (1882) and Clorinda M atto de Turner (1902), considering the concept of escape as a problematic Gordian knot which leaves evident gender marks and inflections in the writing. It proposes that the subject of t...

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Main Author: Francesca Denegri
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Chile 2017-11-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Literatura
Online Access:https://revistaliteratura.uchile.cl/index.php/RCL/article/view/47577
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spelling doaj-49adbf7c1d244eec948c7c0845aab0d92020-11-24T22:13:26ZspaUniversidad de ChileRevista Chilena de Literatura0048-76510718-22952017-11-01962295447577Francesca Denegri0Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, LimaThis article analyses the travel narratives of Maipina de la Barra (1878), Eduarda Mansilla (1882) and Clorinda M atto de Turner (1902), considering the concept of escape as a problematic Gordian knot which leaves evident gender marks and inflections in the writing. It proposes that the subject of the wound, provoked in De la Barra by impoverishment and neglect; in Matto by the violence of work denied, destroyed property, and the censored voice; and in Mansilla by the compulsory choice between family and vocation, is developed in these narratives through diverse strategies which include its over-investment, historization and silencing.https://revistaliteratura.uchile.cl/index.php/RCL/article/view/47577
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description This article analyses the travel narratives of Maipina de la Barra (1878), Eduarda Mansilla (1882) and Clorinda M atto de Turner (1902), considering the concept of escape as a problematic Gordian knot which leaves evident gender marks and inflections in the writing. It proposes that the subject of the wound, provoked in De la Barra by impoverishment and neglect; in Matto by the violence of work denied, destroyed property, and the censored voice; and in Mansilla by the compulsory choice between family and vocation, is developed in these narratives through diverse strategies which include its over-investment, historization and silencing.
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