Synopses & Reviews
Popular history says only what it must about true rebels, so very little is remembered about Tristán, "South America's Emma Goldman." Born in Paris in 1803, her intellectual energy propelled her out of a conventional marriage into twenty years of "peregrinations"-a passionate drive to achieve political independence as a woman. That quest took her to Chile and Peru, and back to Europe where Tristan joined a radical vanguard confronting work conditions, the death penalty, slavery, and religious obscurantism. In 1837, she published this diary of her early life in South America, which was a sensation in literary Paris. Her novels, especially Mephis, or the Proletarian, ranked her with writers like George Sand. When she died of typhoid in 1844, more than 10,000 people took part in her funeral cortege in Paris.
On the 200th anniversary of her birth, Flora Tristán's Peregrinaciones returns to print as inspiring, timeless political autobiography.
Synopsis
In the first half of the 19th century, Flora Tristán was a leader in the European and American movements for women's rights and labor unions. She was also painter Paul Gauguin's future grandmother. A self-proclaimed pariah, she denounced the abuse of women and workers through her lucid discourse. This publication of her memoirs marks the the 200th anniversary of her birth. En la primera mitad del siglo diecinueve, Flora Tristánuna paria, como ella misma se definíaagitó los ámbitos femeninos y proletarios de Europa y América, con una lúcida diatriba sobre los atropellos a estos grupos. Hija de un noble peruano y una joven francesa, también fue la abuela del pintor Paul Gauguin. Estas memorias sirven como homenaje en los 200 años de su nacimiento.
Synopsis
In the first half of the 19th century, Flora Tristán was a leader in the European and American movements for women's rights and labor unions. She was also painter Paul Gauguin's future grandmother. A self-proclaimed pariah, she denounced the abuse of women and workers through her lucid discourse. This publication of her memoirs marks the the 200th anniversary of her birth.
About the Author
Flora Tristán was a defendant of the rights and freedom of the working class and women. She is the author of
A Letter Selection and
Promenades in Paris.