Travel Notes (Notas de viaje)
Travel Notes (Notas de viaje)
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Travel Notes
Notas de viaje
by María Paz Mendoza-Guazon
Bilingual English-Spanish
Edited and annotated by IRENE VILLAESCUSA ILLÁN
Translated into English by JAIME M. MARCO
In Travel Notes (Notas de viaje), author María Paz Mendoza-Guazon chronicles her travels through America, Europe, and the Middle East in the 1930s, with the forward-thinking intelligence of a pioneer Filipina physician.
Along with vivid descriptions of the sights and experiences of her journey, Mendoza’s notes contain the historical and cultural context of each destination, along with her frank comparisons with the Philippines of that time. Through her observations on how Filipinos back home might benefit from some of the practices in these countries, the author expands horizons for readers who would have had little access to such knowledge. These travel notes present an insightful traveler’s view, at a delicate time when the Philippines was asserting its identity in the larger world while continuing to struggle for independence from American rule.
In an information-driven age when travel writing has evolved to suit changing technologies and cultural realities, Travel Notes serves as both a snapshot of a particular historical era as well as a timeless masterwork of travel writing as an art form.
Mendoza-Guazon was a woman of many firsts, blazing many trails as the first female graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, a pioneer suffragist and feminist, and the first female writer to be honored with the prestigious Premio Zóbel for this very work first published in 1930.
En Notas de viaje, la escritora filipina María Paz Mendoza-Guazon relata sus viajes por América, Europa y Oriente Próximo en la década de los 30, con la inteligencia de una médica pionera.
Junto a las descripciones vívidas de los paisajes y de sus experiencias, las notas de Mendoza describen el contexto histórico y cultural de cada destino, añadiendo comparaciones sinceras con las Filipinas de la época. Con sus observaciones acerca del modo en que los filipinos podrían beneficiarse de algunas de las prácticas de estos países, la autora intenta ampliar el horizonte de compatriotas que habrían tenido difícil acceso a tales conocimientos. Estas notas de viaje nos acercan a la perspicaz visión de una viajera en una época en la que Filipinas estaba afirmando su identidad en el resto del mundo, al mismo tiempo que seguía luchando por deshacerse del dominio estadounidense.
En una era impulsada por la información en la que la crónica de viajes había evolucionado para adaptarse a las cambiantes tecnologías y realidades culturales, Notas de viaje constituye, al mismo tiempo, la foto fija de una época histórica y una obra maestra perenne de la crónica de viajes como forma de arte.
Mendoza-Guazon fue una mujer de gran talento, y pionera en muchos ámbitos: como primera mujer licenciada en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Filipinas, como sufragista y feminista pionera, y co
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Author: María Paz Mendoza-Guazon
Publisher: Vibal Publishing
Year: 2024
Condition: New
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Language: English and Spanish
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