Post by ENGAGE administrator on Apr 30, 2013 12:49:36 GMT -5
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"My research is about the interrelations among authority, gender and the scientific discipline of natural history in the works of three women travelers from the early nineteenth-century transatlantic world. My purpose is to shed new light on our understanding of the feminine perspective of the discourse of natural history and how this perspective had a surprising impact in areas that went beyond the field of science. This work is of significance because it advances the study of gender and natural history in new directions by bringing together for the first time Latin American and European women travelers who actively engaged the field of science in the nineteenth century. Moreover, it demonstrates how these women were only able to participate in transatlantic intellectual enterprises by residing outside of their own nations.
My methodological approach is interdisciplinary, and it includes examination of primary texts such as published diaries, scientific texts, women’s periodicals, travel journals, and poetry collections. In addition, I use archival documents because there are many works, letters, manuscripts, drawings, sketches that have not been published to date. My secondary critical texts include works by literary and cultural critics specializing in the genre of travel literature, and historians of science."
Similar research interests? Contact Michelle at mmedeiro@purdue.edu
web.ics.purdue.edu/~mmedeiro/
"My research is about the interrelations among authority, gender and the scientific discipline of natural history in the works of three women travelers from the early nineteenth-century transatlantic world. My purpose is to shed new light on our understanding of the feminine perspective of the discourse of natural history and how this perspective had a surprising impact in areas that went beyond the field of science. This work is of significance because it advances the study of gender and natural history in new directions by bringing together for the first time Latin American and European women travelers who actively engaged the field of science in the nineteenth century. Moreover, it demonstrates how these women were only able to participate in transatlantic intellectual enterprises by residing outside of their own nations.
My methodological approach is interdisciplinary, and it includes examination of primary texts such as published diaries, scientific texts, women’s periodicals, travel journals, and poetry collections. In addition, I use archival documents because there are many works, letters, manuscripts, drawings, sketches that have not been published to date. My secondary critical texts include works by literary and cultural critics specializing in the genre of travel literature, and historians of science."
Similar research interests? Contact Michelle at mmedeiro@purdue.edu
web.ics.purdue.edu/~mmedeiro/