Colonial Habits : Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru /

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In Colonial Habits Kathryn Burns transforms our view of nuns as marginal recluses, making them central actors on the colonial stage. Beginning with the 1558 founding of South America's first convent, Burns shows that nuns in Cuzco played a vital part in subjugating Incas, creating a creole elit...

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Main Author: Burns, Kathryn, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1558-1850.
Classes sociales > Perou > Histoire.
Perou > Conditions sociales.
Cuzco (Perou) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Couvents > Perou > Cuzco (Perou)
Femmes > Perou > Cuzco (Perou) > Conditions sociales.
Economische aspecten.
Sociale structuur.
Kloosterleven.
Wirtschaft
Frauenkloster
Women > Social conditions.
Social structure.
Mestizos.
Manners and customs.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
15.85 history of America.
Structure sociale > Perou > Cuzco > Histoire.
Femmes > Perou > Cuzco > Conditions sociales.
Social structure > Peru > Cuzco > History.
Mestizos > Peru > Cuzco > History.
Women > Peru > Cuzco > Social conditions.
Convents > Economic aspects > Peru > Cuzco > History.
Convents > Social aspects > Peru > Cuzco > History.
Cuzco (Perou) > Conditions economiques.
Cuzco
Peru > Cuzco.
Cuzco (Peru) > History.
Cuzco (Peru) > Social life and customs.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Gender and the politics of Mestizaje
  • 2. The dilemmas of dominio : reconciling poverty and property
  • 3. Forasteras become Cuzqueñas
  • 4. Reproducing colonial Cuzco
  • 5. Producing colonial Cuzco
  • 6. Breaking faith
  • 7. Surviving republicanism.

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