Education and women in the early modern Hispanic world / / Elizabeth Teresa Howe

• Autore: Howe Elizabeth Teresa <1945-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.820946
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Education and women in the early modern Hispanic world
• ISBN: 1-315-57882-4; 1-317-14587-9; 1-317-14586-0; 1-281-76596-1; 9786611765965; 0-7546-8710-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799943103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Women and gender in the early modern world.