Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875)

This paper is dedicated to the work of British1 female travellers who visited Spain and, more specifically, Andalusia, from the 18th century to the present. Their works offer a sensitive, first-hand view that is different from that of their male contemporaries and, on numerous occasions, question or...

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Main Authors: Rivas-Carmona, María Del Mar, Jiménez-Miranda, Marta
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
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description This paper is dedicated to the work of British1 female travellers who visited Spain and, more specifically, Andalusia, from the 18th century to the present. Their works offer a sensitive, first-hand view that is different from that of their male contemporaries and, on numerous occasions, question or contradict the supposed myths, comments, and opinions of their compatriots, even those of renowned Hispanophiles as Richard Ford or George Borrow. Unfortunately, practically all the works on Spain by female travellers have remained forgotten, ignored, or silenced, and have not been translated into other languages. With the aim of making women’s contributions to travel literature more visible, this paper offers an unpublished chronological list of women travellers in Andalusia and their works from the 18th century to the present, compiled thanks to consultations with the collections of the library of the Instituto Cervantes in London. As a sample of the sensitive and emotional vision that appreciates the essence of the rural and human landscape of Andalusia, compared to other technical accounts of male writers, we analyse Cositas Españolas, or Every Day Life in Spain (1875) by Annie Jane Harvey, a work not yet translated into Spanish and whose visibility we claim from this work. The study shows Harvey to be a privileged “observer”, whose alternative vision to that of other male travellers proves an optimistic defence of the values of the Spanish people.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:231942024-03-14T07:53:50Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23194/ Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875) Rivas-Carmona, María Del Mar Jiménez-Miranda, Marta This paper is dedicated to the work of British1 female travellers who visited Spain and, more specifically, Andalusia, from the 18th century to the present. Their works offer a sensitive, first-hand view that is different from that of their male contemporaries and, on numerous occasions, question or contradict the supposed myths, comments, and opinions of their compatriots, even those of renowned Hispanophiles as Richard Ford or George Borrow. Unfortunately, practically all the works on Spain by female travellers have remained forgotten, ignored, or silenced, and have not been translated into other languages. With the aim of making women’s contributions to travel literature more visible, this paper offers an unpublished chronological list of women travellers in Andalusia and their works from the 18th century to the present, compiled thanks to consultations with the collections of the library of the Instituto Cervantes in London. As a sample of the sensitive and emotional vision that appreciates the essence of the rural and human landscape of Andalusia, compared to other technical accounts of male writers, we analyse Cositas Españolas, or Every Day Life in Spain (1875) by Annie Jane Harvey, a work not yet translated into Spanish and whose visibility we claim from this work. The study shows Harvey to be a privileged “observer”, whose alternative vision to that of other male travellers proves an optimistic defence of the values of the Spanish people. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23194/1/TD%202.pdf Rivas-Carmona, María Del Mar and Jiménez-Miranda, Marta (2023) Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875). 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 29 (4). pp. 15-28. ISSN 0128-5157 https://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1636
spellingShingle Rivas-Carmona, María Del Mar
Jiménez-Miranda, Marta
Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875)
title Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875)
title_full Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875)
title_fullStr Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875)
title_full_unstemmed Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875)
title_short Making women’s travel literature in Andalusia visible: Annie J. Harvey’s Cositas Españolas, or Everyday Life in Spain (1875)
title_sort making women’s travel literature in andalusia visible: annie j. harvey’s cositas españolas, or everyday life in spain (1875)
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