Abstract

FRANCO, Stella Maris Scatena. An argentinean lady in yankee land: the travel memoirs of Eduarda Mansilla. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 2008, vol.16, n.3, pp. 1073-1092. ISSN 0104-026X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2008000300023.

In this article I analyze the account of a journey the Argentinean writer Eduarda Mansilla made to the United States, which she called Travel Memoirs (1882). Eduarda Mansilla was part of a privileged social class and came from a traditional family belonging to the political elite in Argentina, she exposed a particular point of view on the behavior of the North Americans who she lived with during her travel, unveiling her own conceptions on female social roles.

Keywords : Journey Account; Women; Eduarda Mansilla.