Alone At The Altar: Single Women And Devotion In Guatemala, 1670-1870

City of women, city of God : poor, single, and holy in Santiago de Guatemala -- Unlikely allies : missionaries and laywomen -- Sex, honor, and devotion -- To educate and evangelize : laywomen, clergy, and late-colonial girls' schools -- The controversial ecstasy of Sor María Teresa Aycinena -- "With knives drawn" : gender, devotion, and politics after independence

• | Author: Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara
• | Publisher: Stanford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 09, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1503603687
• | ISBN-13: 9781503603684