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T1 Martí descubre a la mujer estadounidense: "Impresiones de América por un español muy fresco"
A1 Febles, Jorge
K1 Critical article
K1 Ensayo
K1 North America scenes
K1 Gilded age
K1 Femme nouvelle or new woman
K1 American woman
K1 Patriarchal order
K1 Masculine gaze
K1 Child-woman
K1 Fresh spaniard
K1 Invented prototype
K1 Symbol or emblem
K1 Female object
K1 Binary structure
K1 Wretched of the Earth
K1 Escenas norteamericanas
K1 Mujer estadounidense
K1 Orden patriarcal
K1 Mirada masculina
K1 Mujer-niña
K1 Español fresco
K1 Tipo inventado
K1 Símbolo o emblema
K1 Objeto femenino
K1 Esquema binario
K1 Pobres de la tierra
K1 Humanidades
K1 Historia de América
K1 America-History
K1 Arte
K1 Art
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
AB In this essay, I discuss briefly three magazine sketches written by José Martíduring his first prolonged stay in New York City. The essays, entitled collectively“Impressions of America (by a Very Fresh Spaniard)” appeared in the journal The Hourin July 10, August 21, and October 23, 1880. The Cuban essayist summarizes at timesin rather piquant manner his initial reaction to the United States. In doing so, he focusesfor the first time on American women, establishing a critical and metaphorical outlookthat will prevail throughout those North American Scenes (Escenas norteamericanas)penned by him for different Latin American newspapers during his fifteen years in NewYork. I argue that he approaches his subjects as symbols of a specific historical periodrather than as human beings. They are emblems of that Gilded Age which he came todetest. In his essays on manners, Martí portrays women essentially according to fourparadigms: corrupt and noxious entities, rebels undergoing a precarious evolution,humble victims of capitalist society, and merely decorative objects lacking concretepersonality. By succinctly analyzing their role in the sketches in question, I intend toprovide a foundation, questionable though it may be, from which to study Martí’sdepiction of U.S. women throughout his North American Scenes.
PB Instituto B. Flanklin de Estudios Norteamericanos. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/8326
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/8326
LA spa
DS MINDS@UW
RD 25-abr-2024