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Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Sor Marcela de San Felix: Their Devotion to St. Joseph As the Antithesis of Patriarchal Authoritianism
This study, originally presented as a Saint Joseph's Day Lecture, offers a
compelling analysis of the meaning underlying the vigorous devotion to
St. Joseph on the part of two 17th-century Hispanic nuns: Sor Juana InTs de
la Cruz, the premier woman writer of Mexican letters, and Sor Marcela de
San FTlix, the daughter of the famous Spanish playright Lope de Vega.
Victims of various forms of injustice imposed by the patriarchal world in
which they lived, these nuns perceived St. Joseph's attributes of silence,
chastity, and devoted care of his family as setting the saint in sharp
contrast to the oppressive male figures, in the outside world and within
the Church, with whom they had to contend. For both these women, St.
Joseph was the model man to be aspired to by Hispanic society on both sides
of the Atlantic. Georgina Sabat-Rivers, is Professor Emerita of Hispanic
Languages and Literatures, at the State University of New York at Stony
Brook, and has published numerous books and articles on 17th-century
Hispanic convent literature.
compelling analysis of the meaning underlying the vigorous devotion to
St. Joseph on the part of two 17th-century Hispanic nuns: Sor Juana InTs de
la Cruz, the premier woman writer of Mexican letters, and Sor Marcela de
San FTlix, the daughter of the famous Spanish playright Lope de Vega.
Victims of various forms of injustice imposed by the patriarchal world in
which they lived, these nuns perceived St. Joseph's attributes of silence,
chastity, and devoted care of his family as setting the saint in sharp
contrast to the oppressive male figures, in the outside world and within
the Church, with whom they had to contend. For both these women, St.
Joseph was the model man to be aspired to by Hispanic society on both sides
of the Atlantic. Georgina Sabat-Rivers, is Professor Emerita of Hispanic
Languages and Literatures, at the State University of New York at Stony
Brook, and has published numerous books and articles on 17th-century
Hispanic convent literature.
24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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