Demons, nausea, and resistance in the autobiography of Isabel de Jesús (1611 1682) / Sherry M. Vela...
Demons, nausea, and resistance in the autobiography of Isabel de Jesús (1611 1682) / Sherry M. Vela...
Demons, nausea, and resistance in the autobiography of Isabel de Jesús (1611 1682) / Sherry M. Velasco.
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Publisher
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1996.
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T0379168
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 133 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Self-Representation and the Metanarrative -- 1. Writing a Nun's Life -- 2. The Devil, Nausea, and "Monjas Embaucadoras" -- 3. Iconographic Tradition and the Demonic Mouth -- 4. The Dialectics of Resistance: Prowriting versus Antiwriting -- 5. Disgust, Nausea, and Writing -- Conclusion:...
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Publisher
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New Mexico
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
Isabel de Jesus was a seventeenth-century Carmelite nun who manipulated traditional religious rhetoric in the manner of St. Teresa to express resistance to a misogynistic tradition. Her fascinating autobiography provides a rich source for examining strategies employed by women religious writers. Velasco discusses Isabel's extraordinary ability to a...
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Demons, nausea, and resistance in the autobiography of Isabel de Jesús (1611 1682) / Sherry M. Velasco.
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Includes biliographical references (p. 119-126) and index.
Transferred from N271.97102/3.
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c1996.
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T0379168
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74VvDKRg66ab
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ISBN
0826316646 (cl.)
9780826316646 (cl.)
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271.97102 B
MMS ID
991004886839702626
