The art of professing in Bourbon Mexico : crowned-nun portraits and reform in the convent /
"Offering a pioneering interpretation of the "crowned nun" portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation in Mexico"--
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Women's Religious Pathways in New Spain
- Chapter 2. New Spanish Portraiture and Portraits of Nuns
- Chapter 3. Euro-Christian Precedents in the Crowned-Nun Image
- Chapter 4. Indigenous Contributions to Convent Arts and Culture
- Chapter 5. The Profession Portrait in a Time of Crisis
- Chapter 6. Colonial Identity Rhetorics
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.