Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Open Access Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 1-1-2015 THREE TRAVELING WOMEN WRITERS: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF BRAZIL, PATAGONIA, AND THE U.S., 1859-79 Natalia Fontes de Oliveira Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations Recommended Citation Fontes de Oliveira, Natalia, "THREE TRAVELING WOMEN WRITERS: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF BRAZIL, PATAGONIA, AND THE U.S., 1859-79" (2015). Open Access Dissertations. 1495. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1495 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact
[email protected] for additional information. i THREE TRAVELING WOMEN WRITERS: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF BRAZIL, PATAGONIA, AND THE U.S., 1859-79 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Natália Fontes de Oliveira In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy i May 2015 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana ii For my mother. ii iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I have the deepest gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Charles Ross, who believed in my potential and gave me the opportunity to fulfill the biggest achievement of my academic career. Thank you for the guidance, the several office meetings, the inspirational discussions, and the willingness to help me excel. I am extremely thankful for my committee members, Dr. Paul Dixon, Dr. Angelica Duran, and Dr. Marcia Stephenson for their support, feedback, and insightful contributions. You have made my journey a constant learning process. A sincere thank you to the Comparative Literature Program for accepting me as an international interdisciplinary student.