La voz femenina en el espacio de la prensa: La identidad nacional española y el colonialismo en los escritos de Carmen de Burgos

Julie A. Day, Gettysburg College

Spanish Senior Capstone

Description

This paper addresses from the space of the press and the Spanish feminine perspective the ways in which Carmen de Burgos, the first woman war correspondent to cover the Spanish-Moroccan War of 1909, both challenged and reaffirmed the national Spanish identity created by the censorship of the press, the importance of colonialism through a military perspective, and her own personal beliefs demonstrated in her newspaper articles and literary testimonies.

 
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La voz femenina en el espacio de la prensa: La identidad nacional española y el colonialismo en los escritos de Carmen de Burgos

Glatfelter 101

This paper addresses from the space of the press and the Spanish feminine perspective the ways in which Carmen de Burgos, the first woman war correspondent to cover the Spanish-Moroccan War of 1909, both challenged and reaffirmed the national Spanish identity created by the censorship of the press, the importance of colonialism through a military perspective, and her own personal beliefs demonstrated in her newspaper articles and literary testimonies.