South American Independence

Catherine Davies is a Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies and the former Director of the Institute of Modern Languages Research at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Claire Brewster is a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. She is author of Responding to Crisis in Contemporary Mexico (University of Arizona Press, 2005). Hilary Owen is a Professor Emerita in Portuguese and Luso-African Studies at the University of Manchester and a Research Fellow in the Sub-Faculty of Portuguese Studies at the University of Oxford.

• List of platesAcknowledgementsPart I1. South American Independence: War, Liberty, Gender, Text2. Figuring the Feminine: The Writings of Simón Bolivar (1783-1830)3. Troped Out of History: Gender Slippage and Woman in the Poetry of Andrés Bello4. Competing Masculinities and Political Discourse: The Writings of Esteban Echeverria (1805-51)5. Satirised Woman and Counter-StrategiesPart II6. Women, War and Spanish American Independence7. Women, Letter-Writing and the Wars of Independence in Chile8. Gender, Patriotism and Social Capital: Josefa Acevedo and Mercedes Martin9. Gender and Revolution in Southern Brazil: Restitching the Farroupilha Revolt in the Works of Delfina Benigna da Cunha and Ana de Barandas10. Juana Manso (1819-75): Women in History11. Conclusions: South America, Gender, Politics, TextBibliographyIndex

A novel, original, suggestive, and profoundly thought-provoking study of Latin American independence. I genuinely think this is a classic in the making.Will Fowler, University of St Andrews