3808131Colonial Angelshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/colonial-angels-9780292785441/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3650044/dc94a2db-129d-4e6d-8df9-f9b9a1049cd2.jpg?v=638385679174030000473498MXNUniversity of Texas PressInStock/Ebooks/Spains attempt to establish a "New Spain" in Mexico never fully succeeded, for Spanish institutions and cultural practices inevitably mutated as they came in contact with indigenous American outlooks and ways of life. This original, interdisciplinary book explores how writing by and about colonial religious women participated in this transformation, as it illuminates the role that gender played in imposing the Spanish empire in Mexico.The author argues that the New World context necessitated the creation of a new kind of writing. Drawing on previously unpublished writings by and about nuns in the convents of Mexico City, she investigates such topics as the relationship between hagiography and travel narratives, male visions of the feminine that emerge from the reworking of a nuns letters to her confessor into a hagiography, the discourse surrounding a convents trial for heresy by the Inquisition, and the reports of Spanish priests who ministered to noble Indian women. This research rounds out colonial Mexican history by revealing how tensions between Spain and its colonies played out in the local, daily lives of women....3743669Colonial Angels473498https://www.gandhi.com.mx/colonial-angels-9780292785441/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3650044/dc94a2db-129d-4e6d-8df9-f9b9a1049cd2.jpg?v=638385679174030000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109780292785441_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_Spains attempt to establish a New Spain in Mexico never fully succeeded, for Spanish institutions and cultural practices inevitably mutated as they came in contact with indigenous American outlooks and ways of life. This original, interdisciplinary book explores how writing by and about colonial religious women participated in this transformation, as it illuminates the role that gender played in imposing the Spanish empire in Mexico. The author argues that the New World context necessitated the creation of a new kind of writing. Drawing on previously unpublished writings by and about nuns in the convents of Mexico City, she investigates such topics as the relationship between hagiography and travel narratives, male visions of the feminine that emerge from the reworking of a nuns letters to her confessor into a hagiography, the discourse surrounding a convents trial for heresy by the Inquisition, and the reports of Spanish priests who ministered to noble Indian women. This research rounds out colonial Mexican history by revealing how tensions between Spain and its colonies played out in the local, daily lives of women.9780292785441_University of Texas Presslibro_electonico_0531af21-7311-3c56-b918-420be69bc557_9780292785441;9780292785441_9780292785441Elisa SampsonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/utexaspress-epub-44b7b6ba-1451-43fe-8ff2-de20bef2448c.epub2010-06-28T00:00:00+00:00University of Texas Press