HUM 002A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: History Of Latin America, Feminist History
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Born juana in s de asbaje y ram rez de santillana. Her father was teaching her education which shows the importance of education for women. Died as sor juana (didn"t change her name) Only had 20 latin lesson (everything she read was latin. Signed name in blood, threw away all her books and never wrote again. Why so much speculation: little available information, common to conflate women"s writing with their biographies. Inventory of her belongings when she died (she owned 180 books) Suggests the letter worth of athena was attack on her former confessors not on vieira. Belongs to a tradition of convent writers. Like others, she wrote poetry, plays, prose. Things were more integrated instead of (one study nurse, bio, engineer) Most famous colonial latin american writer (man or woman) Fits into history of american and europe. Writes in tradition of european catholic women and men.
