Women's Literacy in Early Modern Spain and the New World

The essays collected in this volume from leading and recent scholars in Peninsular and colonial studies offer entirely new research on women's acquisition and practice of literacy, on conventual literacy and on the cultural representations of women's literacy. The collection reveals the surprisingly broad range of pedagogical methods and learning e

List of contents

List of Figures, Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Part 1 The Practices of Women’s Literacy, Part 2 Conventual Literacy in Spain and the New World, Part 3 Representing Women’s Literacy in Art and Literature, Index

About the author

Anne J. Cruz is Professor of Spanish and Cooper Fellow, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami, USA. Rosilie Hernández is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

Summary

The essays collected in this volume from leading and recent scholars in Peninsular and colonial studies offer entirely new research on women's acquisition and practice of literacy, on conventual literacy and on the cultural representations of women's literacy. The collection reveals the surprisingly broad range of pedagogical methods and learning e

Product details

• Authors: Rosilie Hernández
• Assisted by: Anne J. Cruz (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032923512
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92351-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 530 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Library, archive and information management, Library, Archive & Information Management