{"product_id":"brides-of-christ-9780804752831","title":"Brides of Christ","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrides of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of professed nuns and life in the convents of colonial Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBrides of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e contains a wonderful array of primary sources and extremely rich data. Lavrin's scholarship and research is exemplary, and her in-depth portrayal of colonial convent culture in Mexico is a welcome addition to the growing scholarship on the female religious in Latin America.\" -- Nancy E. van Deusen * Western Washington University *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eBrides of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e Asuncion Lavrin reconstructs daily life in the convent through a comprehensive documentation of the individual experience of women religious in Colonial Mexico. . . Meticulously documented with archival sources and the culmination of decades of research, \u003ci\u003eBrides of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable contribution to gender studies and to the wider field of colonial Mexican history.\" -- Kristine Isben * \u003ci\u003eCatholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBrides of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e is a very thorough and well researched addition. Nuns' writings and the history of convents are woven together very effectively.\" * Andrea E. Knox,\u003ci\u003e Historians of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This superbly crafted book . . . adeptly re-creates the intricate world that made up the cloister. Not only is Lavrin's \u003ci\u003eBrides of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e monumental in historical value, but it is a testament to a lifetime of research on colonial Mexican nuns.\" -- \u003ci\u003eColonial Latin American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The culmination of a half century of research, this masterful book is well worth the wait . . . Lavrin's book is a model of meticulous scholarship. She uses an extraordinary variety of primary sources, largely from Mexico City and Puebla. She has read widely in Latin American and European history and deftly situates her findings within debates in the larger literature.\" -- Silvia Marina Arrom * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A superlative work of mature scholarship that builds in subtle ways on [Lavrin's] earlier work ... but it is nonetheless fundamentally new . . . The greatest strengths of this book—its clarity, its archival richness, its strong sense of purpose, its clear and powerful arguments, its empathy . . . It is also worth noting that the book is gracefully written in a stately, careful, almost dispassionate prose which is quite appropriate for a book with passion aplenty on the part of the nuns themselves.\" -- Margaret Chowning * \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Acknowledgments\t000  Introduction\t000  1\tThe Path to the Convent\t000  2\tThe Novice Becomes a Nun.\t000  3\tThe Spiritual Meanings of Religious Life\t000  4\tGovernment, Hierarchies and Ceremonials\t000  5\tDaily Life in the Convent.\t000  6\tBody, Soul and Death\t000  7\tSexuality: A Challenge to Chastity\t000  8\tIndian Brides of Christ\t000  9\tThe Struggle over Vida Comun\t000  10\tWriting in the Cloisters\t000  Epilogue\t000  Appendix\tConvents of New Spain: Foundation Date and Religious Affiliation  \t000  Notes\t000  Bibliography\t000  Printed Primary Sources\t000  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405563928919,"sku":"9780804752831","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804752831.jpg?v=1730492848","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/brides-of-christ-9780804752831","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}