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Author Howe, Elizabeth Teresa, 1945-

Title Education and women in the early modern Hispanic world / Elizabeth Teresa Howe
Published Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages)
Series Women and gender in the early modern world
Women and gender in the early modern world.
Contents 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
Summary "Considering the presence and influence of educated women of letters in Spain and New Spain, 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 Jesus, but also of less well known women of their time." "The author uses primary documents, published works, artwork, and critical sources drawn from history, literature, theatre, philosophy, women's studies, education, and science. Her analysis juxtaposes theories espoused by men and women of the period concerning the aptitude and appropriateness of educating women with the actual practices to be found in convents, schools, court, theaters, and homes. What emerges is a fuller picture of women's learning in the early modern period."--Provided by Publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-221) and index
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Subject 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
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Women -- Education
Women -- Social conditions
Latin America
New Spain
Spain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780754687108
0754687104