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Silvia Rodríguez Villamil
Silvia Rodríguez Villamil (1939 - August 17, 2003) was an Uruguayan historian, feminist, writer, as well as a political and social activist. Biography Silvia Rodríguez Villamil was born in Montevideo, 1939. In 1968, she published through ''Ediciones de la Banda Oriental'', her book ''Las mentalidades dominantes en Montevideo (1850-1900) : La mentalidad criolla tradicional''. This work represented an important contribution to the study of the mentality and idiosyncrasy of Uruguay, which had begun to be explored by Carlos Real de Azúa in ''El patriciado uruguayo'' (1961) and was continued by the work of José Pedro Barrán and Benjamín Nahum. A second volume by the author dedicated to "The urban and Europeanized mentality" was included in a posthumous reissue by the same publisher in 2008."Las mentalidades dominantes en Montevideo (1850-1900) , Silvia Rodríguez Villamil , R-T , Autores". www.entrelibros.com.uy. (in Spanish) Around 1983, together with other feminists such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Rodriguez Villamil
Silvia () is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia (given name), Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, ''Silva'', and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus (mythology), Silvanus. Silvia is also a surname. In Roman mythology, Silvia is the goddess of the forest while Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus. Silvia is also the name of one of the female innamorati of the commedia dell'arte and is a character of the ''Aminta'' written by Torquato Tasso. People with the given name *Queen Silvia of Sweden (born 1943), spouse of King Carl XVI Gustaf *Saint Silvia, Italian saint of the 6th century *Silvia Abascal (born 1979), Spanish actress *Silvia Abril (born 1971), Spanish actress and comedian *Silvia Agüero (born 1985), Spanish Roma writer and activist *Silvia Airik-Priuhka, Estonian writer and poetry translator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
