Revista Estudos Feministas
Print version ISSN 0104-026xOn-line version ISSN 1806-9584
Abstract
TORRAO FILHO, Amilcar. Flora Tristan’s Pilgrimages of a Pariah and the Construction of a Feminist. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 2018, vol.26, n.1, e43809. Epub Jan 09, 2018. ISSN 1806-9584. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584.2018v26n143809.
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.