Free eBooks

Viaje De Recreo (Spanish Edition)

Available To Downloads

In 1908, Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru 1852-Argentina 1909), a lifelong journalist, feminist and writer, traveled to Europe: Viaje de recreo (Pleasure trip) is her account of her vivid impressions. She was particularly interested in the education of women and in women's career opportunities, but she was also fascinated by the cultural differences between the West European countries. Her analysis and descriptions will fascinate anyone interested in the genre of travel accounts, in museum studies, in feminist history, or, of course, in Matto's life and writings. In Viaje de recreo, Matto analyzes the cultural displays of Spain, France, England, and Italy in great detail, and comments on Switzerland and Germany as well. She is particularly intrigued by museums, art, architecture, and cultural productions. She speculates at length about the differences between the European countries. Viaje de recreo is both a perceptive travel memoir and a lively autobiography of personal reflections. Matto was profoundly moved by English honesty and honor, disappointed that French feminism did not meet her expectations, impressed by Spanish women writers and activists, and deeply impressed by the beauties of Italy. She frequently compares Roman ruins with Incan heritage in Peru, lamenting their replacement by less tolerant societies. She is impressed by new technologies - cars, trams, trains, electrical devices, escalators, factories - but even more fascinated by women's lives and presence in each country, and by the ways each country has preserved and displayed its cultural history. This new edition includes extensive footnotes as well as an introduction to the book and to its author, with bibliography. The editor, Mary G. Berg, is author of a dozen articles about Clorinda Matto de Turner, and has edited Matto's novels Indole and Herencia (Stockcero). She is a Resident Scholar at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center, and is finishing a biography of Matto.

Paperback: 246 pages

Publisher: Stockcero (September 20, 2010)

Language: Spanish

ISBN-10: 1934768359

ISBN-13: 978-1934768358

Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item

Best Sellers Rank: #1,511,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #82 in Books > Libros en español > Viajes y turismo > Europa #270 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Ethnic & National > Hispanic & Latino #402 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Caribbean & Latin American

Viaje de Recreo (Spanish Edition) El Libro del Patrón de Embarcaciones de Recreo (PER): Navegación hasta 12 millas de la costa. Nuevo plan 2014. (Spanish Edition) ¡Buen viaje! Level 1, Workbook and Audio Activities Student Edition (GLENCOE SPANISH) (Spanish Edition) Viaje de un naturalista alrededor del mundo (Spanish Edition) La Luz y la Vida: Apuntes de Viaje de un Fotógrafo (Fuel) (Spanish Edition) Peru, Viaje al Sol (Spanish Edition) Viaje al centro de la Tierra: volcanes, terremotos, minería, basura, diamantes y petrólego explicados por la geología (Ciencia que ladra... serie Clásica) (Spanish Edition) Viaje al fin del as: Crónica de la lucha por la selva de la que depende la vida en el Planeta (Spanish Edition) El fascinante mundo de la Física: Un viaje a través de las leyes y los conceptos de la Física clásica y moderna (Spanish Edition) Por amor a la física: Del final del arco iris a la frontera del tiempo. Un viaje por las maravillas de la física (Spanish Edition) La fábula del universo y la cigüeña: Un viaje de ida y vuelta desde el hombre moderno hasta el origen del cosmos. Divulgación científica al alcance de todos (Spanish Edition) Obras Completas de Julio Verne (Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino, Miguel Strogoff, EL FARO DEL FIN DEL MUNDO, EL CASTILLO DE LOS CÁRPATOS, De la Tierra ... Secreto de Wilhem Storitz) (Spanish Edition) Diario de Greg # 9: El arduo viaje (Spanish Edition) El viaje del escritor: El cine, el guión y las estructuras míticas para escritores (Ma Non Troppocreacion) (Spanish Edition) Diarios De Motocicleta: Notas de Viaje por America Latina (Che Guevara Publishing Project) (Spanish Edition) Viaje alrededor del Mundo (Memoria-Viajes) (Spanish Edition) Primer viaje en torno del globo (Spanish Edition) 20,000 Leguas De Viaje Submarino Para Ninos (Clasicos Para Ninos / Children's Classics) (Spanish Edition) El prodiogioso viaje de Edward Tulane (Spanish Edition) Un viaje a las estrellas: Cuentos insólitos para niños (Spanish Edition)