This paper analyzes the first period of periodical press by and for women in Chile: “The Pioneers" (1850-1890). It offers the first registry of publications within the period. There are 16 newspapers and magazines which were indexed and categorized. Taking into consideration the concept of public sphere and the perspective of gender, four types of women to women publications were identified. They show the emergence of feminine topics associated to undertakings within the possibilities given by the public sphere and the ability of these women to assume a counter-public role. Thus they are evidence of women's participation in the written culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
This paper seeks to highlight the problem of female authorship in the second half of the nineteenth century in Chile, considering the publication strategies and the genres of literary discourse privileged by women writers. In this context, the feuilleton-novel is seen as a genre that allowed writers to provide the author-function, within the larger process of emergence of a public space and the construction of an incipient cultural/intellectual field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
This paper seeks to highlight the problem of female authorship in the second half of the nineteenth century in Chile, considering the publication strategies and the genres of literary discourse privileged by women writers. In this context, the feuilleton-novel is seen as a genre that allowed writers to provide the author-function, within the larger process of emergence of a public space and the construction of an incipient cultural/intellectual field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]