Abstract:
Pérégrinations d’une paria is Flora Tristan’s initiatory Peru travelog published in 1838, in which she seeks her paternal protection. This is the first publication that makes Flora Tristan a known author. In this article, I defend the idea that Pérégrinations d’une paria, like hers Nécessité de faire un bon accueil aux femmes étrangères (1835), formulate a theory of social struggle, undertaken by Tristan on her return to Europe, which has as a starting point women’s freedom acquired by freedom of movement, the ability to travel and to compare her own society with other societies, acquiring social and political consciousness in this process.
Keywords:
Flora Tristan; Travelers; Feminism