After looking at sources and briefly discussing my project with Professor Holt, I have decided that I would like to focus on religious women in the Andes. I have found many sources that detail life in convents in Colonial Latin America and sources that detail the lives of women more specifically during this time.
Potential Sources:
Primary sources in Chapter 5: Life in Colonial Convents in Readings on Colonial Latin America and its people
Jaffary, Nora E., 1968. 2007. Gender, Race and Religion in the Colonization of the Americas. Aldershot, England;Burlington, VT;: Ashgate.
Wirzba, Norman. 2003. Neither Saints nor Sinners : Writing the Lives of Women in Spanish America. New York: Oxford University Press USA – OSO. Accessed September 25, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central.
Mónica Díaz. “Native American Women and Religion in the American Colonies: Textual and Visual Traces of an Imagined Community.” Legacy 28, no. 2 (2011): 205-31. doi:10.5250/legacy.28.2.0205.
Socolow, Susan Migden, 1941. 2015. The Women of Colonial Latin America. Second ed. New York: Cambridge University Press.
This topic is really interesting, Abby. I think it is important to examine how people adopt new belief systems after coming into contact with a colonial power, since it represents the latter’s desire for authority in all matters. One thing that I am curious about is how the experiences of Andean women in convents may have differed from (or resembled) the religious experiences of men.
Hi Abby! I think that your topic looks really interesting, and I’m excited to learn more about it. I’m wondering if you’ve considered trying to find a specific Andean woman who lived in a convent to look into. I think it would bring a very cool perspective to your project to center it around a particular person, as it would allow the viewer to more personally relate to what they are hearing about.
Your peers make valuable suggestions! Some of the early chapters from Kathryn Burns’ Colonial Habits (about Cuzco) should prove valuable: http://consort.library.denison.edu/record=b2052492~S6