Colonial Angels - 9780292777484

Colonial AngelsNarratives of Gender and Spirituality in Mexico, 1580-1750\nAuthor(s): Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292777484, 978-0292777484\nSynopsis\nSpain's 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. \n\n 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 Drawing on previously unpublished writings by and about nuns in the convents of Mexico City, she investigates such topics as the relationship between hagiography and travel narrative.