Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Gender Politics of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico

by Stephanie Kirk

Each of the book's five chapters evokes a colonial Mexican cultural and intellectual sphere: the library, anatomy and medicine, spirituality, classical learning, and publishing and printing. Using an array of literary texts and historical documents and alongside secondary historical and critical materials, the author Stephanie Kirk demonstrates how Sor Juana used her poetry and other works to inscribe herself within the discourses associated with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367879050
• ISBN13: 9780367879051
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"