Beschreibung
In the seventeenth century, Catalina de Erauso, at age sixteen a renegade Basque nun, escaped from her convent and traveled to the New World, eventually reaching Peru. She became an outlaw and a crossdresser with a price on her head. Yet she ended her days absolved by both the King of Spain and the Pope, the latter of whom granted her permission to dress as a man for the remainder of her life. The Nun Ensign passed her final years guarding silver shipments on the Mexico City-Veracruz highway. The life of the Nun Ensign highlights not just her extraordinary life but also the opportunities seized by women in colonial Latin America.
This book profiles the Nun Ensign and nine other women of colonial Latin America, offering an alternate method for understanding the region and its history. The ten figures span different ethnic, geographic, occupational, and class backgrounds. Through their stories, the reader comes away with an enriched understanding of colonial Latin American history.
Autorenportrait
James D. Henderson is distinguished professor emeritus of international studies at Coastal Carolina University. Prior to his scholarly career, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Columbia. His books includeModernization in Colombia: The Laureano Gómez Years, 1886-1965.
Linda R. Henderson is professor emeritus at Coastal Carolina University. She has also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia.
Suzanne M. Litrel is a historian of Brazil and the Portuguese Atlantic world. She has taught at Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, and Bay Shore High School in New York. For more information, seesuzannelitrel.com.
Inhalt
Introduction: Latin American Women, Old Perspectives and New 1
Chapter 1: Anacaona, 1464?1503 13
Chapter 2: Malinche, 1504?1528? 41
Chapter 3: Inés de Suárez, 15071572? 61
Chapter 4: Saint Rose of Lima, 15861617 83
Chapter 5: The Nun Ensign, 1585 or 15921650? 105
Chapter 6: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 16511695 125
Chapter 7: Chica da Silva, 1733?1796 147
Chapter 8: Micaela Bastidas, 17451781 171
Chapter 9: La Pola, 17951817 193
Chapter 10: Manuela Sáenz, 17971856 213
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