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Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico

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Research paper thumbnail of Women's Negotiations and Textual Agency in Latin America, 1500-1799

Women's Negotiations and Textual Agency in Latin America, 1500-1799, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of The Indigenous Archive: Religion and Education in Eighteenth-Century Mexico

Hispanic Review, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of <i>Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico</i> by Mónica Díaz (review)

The Catholic Historical Review, 2013

Colonial Latin American women’s studies have experienced much attention in the last decades, with... more Colonial Latin American women’s studies have experienced much attention in the last decades, with literary studies that have emphasized the relation of women with mainstream religious institutions (Catholic Church, Inquisition). Many scholars have provided glimpses into religious women’s daily lives and expressions of resistance against power (usually male ecclesiastical authorities).This attention has resulted in a significant amount of studies of religious women’s writings in the last thirty years, and new approaches are needed to expand the canon of this subgenre. In this scholarly context, Mónica Díaz’s book offers new ways to read “conventual writing” at the same time that she reflects about theoretical notions that need reformulation within this genre in at least two directions in literary studies. First, Díaz approaches conventual writing considering both transatlantic and hemispheric studies that question traditional borders of twentieth-century academic knowledge. Second, Díaz’s overall scholarship examines issues of ethnicity and the fluidity of key concepts such as gender roles and identity, while looking into the feminine perception of the world as well as the construction of sources of knowledge by female subjects.

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Research paper thumbnail of Review Essay: Native Continuities in Colonial Mexico

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Research paper thumbnail of Indio Identities in Colonial Spanish America

To Be Indio in Colonial Spanish America, 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of Sor María Jesús de Ágreda: Construcción de una epistemología femenina transatlántica

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Research paper thumbnail of Legal Pluralism and the "india pura" in the Colegio and Convent of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y Nueva Enseñanza

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Research paper thumbnail of The Establishment of Feminine Paradigms: Translators, Traitors, Nuns

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Research paper thumbnail of The Education of Natives, Creole Clerics, and the Mexican Enlightenment

In this article, I explore the parallel responses of two groups of colonial subjects who were con... more In this article, I explore the parallel responses of two groups of colonial subjects who were confronted with the institutional changes that occurred in the context of Enlightenment ideas in eighteenth-century Mexico: Creole clerics headed by the Jesuit Francisco Javier Clavijero; and native religious men who petitioned to colonial authorities and the crown for additional spaces for the education of indigenous men.

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Research paper thumbnail of El "nuevo paradigma" de los estudios coloniales latinoamericanos: un cuarto de siglo después

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Research paper thumbnail of Colonial Latin American Review 'Es honor de su nación': Legal Rhetoric, Ethnic Alliances and the Opening of an Indigenous Convent in Colonial Oaxaca

Colonial Latin American Review. 22.2 , 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Theorizing Transatlantic Women’s Writing:

Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 8 , 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Native American Women and Religion in the American Colonies:

Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers 28.2, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of La identidad étnica de las monjas indígenas: Continuidad y ruptura desde el claustro

Letras femeninas 35.1, 2009

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Articles and Chapters by Monica Diaz

Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous Peoples and Catholicism in Eighteenth-Century Mexico City

Latin American Literature In Transition Pre-1492-1800, 2022

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Research paper thumbnail of Cacicas

To be Cacica in Colonial Times: The Rhetoric of "Pureza", 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of The Indigenous Archive: Religion and Education in Eighteenth-Century Mexico

abstract This article argues that eighteenth-century native elites played a significant role in t... more abstract This article argues that eighteenth-century native elites played a significant role in the larger intellectual scene of colonial Mexico by participating in the same debates as their creole and European counterparts. I contend that the documentation produced by native elites related to the indigenous schools (colegios), convents, and seminaries during the eighteenth century provides an important context for understanding the ways in which knowledge circulated between natives, creoles, and Europe-ans. In addition, when this " indigenous archive " is read in tandem with more traditional historiographical native sources, we can better appreciate the indigenous roots of the dominant narrative of Mexican nationalism. To illustrate the state of fragmentation of what I call an indigenous archive, I discuss the state of the archives of the Jesuit Colegio de San Gregorio and the Franciscan Convent of Corpus Christi.

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Research paper thumbnail of (Book chapter) "Uncovering Women's Colonial Archive"

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Attention! The PDF is correctly uploaded but it doesn't show correctly in the image. Click "File" besides the title and you will see the "pdf link." Click and it will download correctly. Introduction to "Women's Negotiations and Textual Agency in Latin America (1500-1799). Review of concepts such as women's authorship, women's writing, voice and text, the archive, and invisible texts waiting to be discovered and studied.

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Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico

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Research paper thumbnail of Women's Negotiations and Textual Agency in Latin America, 1500-1799

Women's Negotiations and Textual Agency in Latin America, 1500-1799, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of The Indigenous Archive: Religion and Education in Eighteenth-Century Mexico

Hispanic Review, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of <i>Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico</i> by Mónica Díaz (review)

The Catholic Historical Review, 2013

Colonial Latin American women’s studies have experienced much attention in the last decades, with... more Colonial Latin American women’s studies have experienced much attention in the last decades, with literary studies that have emphasized the relation of women with mainstream religious institutions (Catholic Church, Inquisition). Many scholars have provided glimpses into religious women’s daily lives and expressions of resistance against power (usually male ecclesiastical authorities).This attention has resulted in a significant amount of studies of religious women’s writings in the last thirty years, and new approaches are needed to expand the canon of this subgenre. In this scholarly context, Mónica Díaz’s book offers new ways to read “conventual writing” at the same time that she reflects about theoretical notions that need reformulation within this genre in at least two directions in literary studies. First, Díaz approaches conventual writing considering both transatlantic and hemispheric studies that question traditional borders of twentieth-century academic knowledge. Second, Díaz’s overall scholarship examines issues of ethnicity and the fluidity of key concepts such as gender roles and identity, while looking into the feminine perception of the world as well as the construction of sources of knowledge by female subjects.

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Research paper thumbnail of Review Essay: Native Continuities in Colonial Mexico

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Research paper thumbnail of Indio Identities in Colonial Spanish America

To Be Indio in Colonial Spanish America, 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of Sor María Jesús de Ágreda: Construcción de una epistemología femenina transatlántica

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Research paper thumbnail of Legal Pluralism and the "india pura" in the Colegio and Convent of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y Nueva Enseñanza

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Research paper thumbnail of The Establishment of Feminine Paradigms: Translators, Traitors, Nuns

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Research paper thumbnail of The Education of Natives, Creole Clerics, and the Mexican Enlightenment

In this article, I explore the parallel responses of two groups of colonial subjects who were con... more In this article, I explore the parallel responses of two groups of colonial subjects who were confronted with the institutional changes that occurred in the context of Enlightenment ideas in eighteenth-century Mexico: Creole clerics headed by the Jesuit Francisco Javier Clavijero; and native religious men who petitioned to colonial authorities and the crown for additional spaces for the education of indigenous men.

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Research paper thumbnail of El "nuevo paradigma" de los estudios coloniales latinoamericanos: un cuarto de siglo después

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Research paper thumbnail of Colonial Latin American Review 'Es honor de su nación': Legal Rhetoric, Ethnic Alliances and the Opening of an Indigenous Convent in Colonial Oaxaca

Colonial Latin American Review. 22.2 , 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Theorizing Transatlantic Women’s Writing:

Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 8 , 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Native American Women and Religion in the American Colonies:

Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers 28.2, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of La identidad étnica de las monjas indígenas: Continuidad y ruptura desde el claustro

Letras femeninas 35.1, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous Peoples and Catholicism in Eighteenth-Century Mexico City

Latin American Literature In Transition Pre-1492-1800, 2022

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Research paper thumbnail of Cacicas

To be Cacica in Colonial Times: The Rhetoric of "Pureza", 2021

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Research paper thumbnail of The Indigenous Archive: Religion and Education in Eighteenth-Century Mexico

abstract This article argues that eighteenth-century native elites played a significant role in t... more abstract This article argues that eighteenth-century native elites played a significant role in the larger intellectual scene of colonial Mexico by participating in the same debates as their creole and European counterparts. I contend that the documentation produced by native elites related to the indigenous schools (colegios), convents, and seminaries during the eighteenth century provides an important context for understanding the ways in which knowledge circulated between natives, creoles, and Europe-ans. In addition, when this " indigenous archive " is read in tandem with more traditional historiographical native sources, we can better appreciate the indigenous roots of the dominant narrative of Mexican nationalism. To illustrate the state of fragmentation of what I call an indigenous archive, I discuss the state of the archives of the Jesuit Colegio de San Gregorio and the Franciscan Convent of Corpus Christi.

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Research paper thumbnail of (Book chapter) "Uncovering Women's Colonial Archive"

OJO! EL PDF está correctamente cargado pero no se muestra en la imagen. Pulse "File" al lado del ... more OJO! EL PDF está correctamente cargado pero no se muestra en la imagen. Pulse "File" al lado del título y sale el PDF--lo puede descargara de allí.
Attention! The PDF is correctly uploaded but it doesn't show correctly in the image. Click "File" besides the title and you will see the "pdf link." Click and it will download correctly. Introduction to "Women's Negotiations and Textual Agency in Latin America (1500-1799). Review of concepts such as women's authorship, women's writing, voice and text, the archive, and invisible texts waiting to be discovered and studied.

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