Women's Literacy in Early Modern Spain and the New World
| By: | Cruz, Anne J, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781409427131 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781409478751 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Containing essays from leading and recent scholars in Peninsular and colonial studies, this volume offers entirely new research on women's acquisition and practice of literacy, on conventual literacy, and on the cultural representations of women's literacy. Together the essays reveal the surprisingly broad range of pedagogical methods and learning experiences undergone by early modern women in Spain and the New World.
Focusing on the pedagogical experiences in Spain, New Spain (present-day Mexico), and New Granada (Colombia) of such well-known writers as Saint Teresa of