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The Enduring Popularity of Rosa de Lima, First Saint of the Americas: Women, Bodies, Sainthood, and...

The Enduring Popularity of Rosa de Lima, First Saint of the Americas: Women, Bodies, Sainthood, and...

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The Enduring Popularity of Rosa de Lima, First Saint of the Americas: Women, Bodies, Sainthood, and National Identity

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The Enduring Popularity of Rosa de Lima, First Saint of the Americas: Women, Bodies, Sainthood, and National Identity

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Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

Cross currents (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2011-03, Vol.61 (1), p.6-26

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English

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Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Contents

Espin reflects on Rosa of Lima, Latin America's first saint (1586-1617). Not only does Oliva bring out the rich detail that gives her subject both color and context, she connects the themes of this remarkable woman's life with those that women everywhere are wrestling with today. Rose's personal life is a study in contradictions. Born in 1586, bare...

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The Enduring Popularity of Rosa de Lima, First Saint of the Americas: Women, Bodies, Sainthood, and National Identity

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_919700533

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_919700533

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0011-1953

E-ISSN

1939-3881

DOI

10.1111/j.1939-3881.2010.00157.x

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