The art of professing in Bourbon Mexico : : crowned-nun portraits and reform in the convent / / by James M. Cordova.
"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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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press,, 2014. |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) :; illustrations |
| Notes: | "This book is a part of the Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture publication initiative, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation." |
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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.