Mujer y cultura en la colonia hispanoamericana

"Compilation of well-researched and documented essays divided into 'Inscripciones del mito,' 'Intertextos del humanismo,' 'Cuerpo y escritura en la clausura monacal,' 'Sor Juana Inés,' and 'Otras imágenes.' Essays study sociohistorical context, lives, and works by or about canonic and previously marginalized colonial-era women. Requisite text for the study of colonial women's literature. Of interest to scholars and students. For a review of a chapter by Stacey Schlau that examines race, class, gender, and the Inquisition, see item #bi 00004014#"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.