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Indigenous Writings from the Convent : Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico /

Indigenous Writings from the Convent examines ways in which indigenous women participated in one of the most prominent institutions in colonial times--the Catholic Church--and what they made of their experience with convent life. This book will appeal to scholars of literary criticism, women's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Díaz, Mónica, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Indigenous nobility and conventual foundations
  • The idea of corpus Christi : discursive effects of colonialism
  • Indigenous women and religious life : stereotype and ambivalence
  • Biographies and hagiographies : the different perspectives of gender
  • Panegyric sermons : dialogic spaces and examples of virtue
  • Letters from the convent : struggles through the written word.