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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454069503321

Autore

Howe Elizabeth Teresa <1945->

Titolo

Education and women in the early modern Hispanic world [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth Teresa Howe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2008

ISBN

1-317-14586-0

1-281-76596-1

9786611765965

0-7546-8710-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Women and gender in the early modern world

Disciplina

370.820946

Soggetti

Women - Education - Latin America - History

Women - Education - New Spain - History

Women - Education - Spain - History

Women - Latin America - Social conditions

Women - New Spain - Social conditions

Women - Spain - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Journal Abbreviations; 1 Athena and the Amazons: Examples of/for the Education of Women; 2 The Spanish Zenobia: Isabel la Católica and Her Court; 3 The New Judith: Santa Teresa de Jesús as Conventual Example; 4 Anne and the Virgin Mary: Home (and) School(ing) for Girls in Spain and New Spain; 5 Muse(ing)s on Women's Learning; 6 Phoenix, Tenth Muse, and Other Epithets: the Example of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Considering the presence and influence of educated women of letters in Spain and New Spain, and drawing from a wide variety of sources, this study looks at the life and work of early modern women who advocated by word or example for the education of women. The subjects of the book include not only such familiar figures as Sor Juana



and Santa Teresa de Jesús, but also lesser known women of their time.