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Demons, nausea, and resistance in the autobiography of Isabel de Jesús (1611 1682)

Title
Demons, nausea, and resistance in the autobiography of Isabel de Jesús (1611 1682) / Sherry M. Velasco.
Author
Velasco, Sherry M. (Sherry Marie), 1962-
Publication
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1996.

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Description
x, 133 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Isabel de Jesús, sor, 1611-1682
  • Nuns > Spain > Biography
  • Autobiography > Women authors
  • Women's studies > Spain > Biographical methods
  • Women > Spain > History > Modern period, 1500-
  • Demonology in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes biliographical references.
Contents
Introduction: self-representation and the metanarrative -- Writing a nun's life -- The devil, nausea, and "monjas embaucadoras" -- Iconographic tradition and the demonic mouth -- The dialectics of resistance: prowriting versus antiwriting -- Disgust, nausea, and writing -- Conclusion: Isabel's hidden tradition.
Call Number
JFE 96-3988
ISBN
0826316646 (cl.)
LCCN
95004365
OCLC
32237797
Author
Velasco, Sherry M. (Sherry Marie), 1962-
Title
Demons, nausea, and resistance in the autobiography of Isabel de Jesús (1611 1682) / Sherry M. Velasco.
Imprint
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes biliographical references.
Research Call Number
JFE 96-3988
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