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Indigenous writings from the convent : negotiating ethnic autonomy in colonial Mexico /

"Diaz has done a very good job of acknowledging precursive and pioneering works in history, literature, and ethnic studies while establishing her own critical originality. Her occupation of a cultural studies viewpoint is in contrast to previous studies by both historians and literary critics,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Díaz, Mónica, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2010.
Series:First peoples (2010)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.