Author | : Maria De San Jose |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1999-12-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780253335814 |
"In Madre Maria's prose, a down-to-earth treatment of daily life both on a provincial hacienda and in a cloistered convent moves into passages rendering deep mystical absorption. As a charismatic woman living according to Counter Reformation guidelines in the New World, Maria de San Jose, through her writings, illuminates how class, race, gender - even birth order and convent prestige - helped shape the roles people played in society and the ways in which they contributed to community belief and identity." --Book Jacket.