Transoceanic Authorships. A Baronesse at a boudoir in Caracas

Abstract

Between 1892 and 1915 the magazine El Cojo Ilustrado was published in Caracas. This magazine combined illustrations, photographs, articles, advertising, fashion chronicles, literature, etc. In this narrative context, new scriptural elements emerged: columns written by women (not usual in Venezuela at that time) and specifically those written by European women. In this article, the introduction of the European female authorship in the context of the Venezuelan entresiglo is explored through the analysis of the section “The Ladies Dresser”, signed by Baroness Staffe, as well as the role that transoceanic female voices came to play in the redesign of the lettered field.