{"product_id":"brides-of-christ-conventual-life-in-colonial-mexico-9780804752831","title":"Brides of Christ: Conventual Life in Colonial Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrides of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e invites the modern reader to follow the histories of colonial Mexican nuns inside the cloisters where they pursued a religious vocation or sought shelter from the world. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLavrin provides a complete overview of conventual life, including the early signs of vocation, the decision to enter a convent, profession, spiritual guidelines and devotional practices, governance, ceremonials, relations with male authorities and confessors, living arrangements, servants, sickness, and death rituals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndividual chapters deal with issues such as sexuality and the challenges to chastity in the cloisters and the little-known subject of the nuns' own writings as expressions of their spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foundation of convents for indigenous women receives special attention because such religious communities existed nowhere else in the Spanish empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Asunción Lavrin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.58w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804752831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2008 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsunción Lavrin is the author of several books and numerous articles and book chapters on colonial and twentieth-century Latin American women. Her work has received a number of national awards. She is currently Professor of History at Arizona State University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40214574989427,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":133.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f887058f-8217-4247-b9c4-c60859aa0404.jpg?v=1656510020","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/brides-of-christ-conventual-life-in-colonial-mexico-9780804752831","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}