Sometime in the 1740s, Sor María Magdalena, an indigenous noblewoman living in one of only three convents in New Spain that allowed Indians to profess as nuns,

"Diaz has done a very good job of acknowledging precursive and pioneering works in history, literature, and ethnic studies while establishing her own critical o

Brides of Christ is a study of professed nuns and life in the convents of colonial Mexico.

A social and economic history of Peru that reflects the influence of the convents on colonial and post-colonial society.

"Offering a pioneering interpretation of the "crowned nun" portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation in Mexico"--