{"title":"Series: Aris \u0026 Phillips Hispanic Classics","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"vejigantes-the-masked-mulatta-9781805967187","title":"Vejigantes: The Masked Mulatta","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVejigantes: The Masked Mulatta\u003c\/em\u003e is a translation of a very popular Puerto Rican play published by the island’s Father of Puerto Rican Theater, Francisco Arriví, in 1958. This work reveals the complexities of internalised self-hatred based on the natural hair texture of individuals of African ancestry on the island and cultural tensions that arise when the United States arrives to the island in the middle of the twentieth century as a result of Operation Bootstrap (1947).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe play reflects the cultural difference between the mainland and the island at a time when many companies established on the island. This translation will allow this wonderful drama to be accessible to an English-speaking audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe work translates the central theme of the imposition of colonial and imperialist values, while keeping the rich culture of \u003cem\u003ela isla de encanto\u003c\/em\u003e (Island of Enchantment).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398083166444,"sku":"9781805967187","price":437.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/70060eb3fec5c7dcf235dde9805d2ffa.jpg?v=1773776354"},{"product_id":"sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz-critique-of-a-sermon-and-other-letters-9781805965770","title":"Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Critique of a Sermon and Other Letters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSor Juana’s \u003cem\u003eRespuesta a sor Filotea\u003c\/em\u003e (1691) is one of her most widely read works and an established text in the history of women’s writing. Less frequently studied is the epistolary exchange to which it responds, particularly Juana’s \u003cem\u003eCrisis sobre un sermón\u003c\/em\u003e (or \u003cem\u003eCarta atenagórica\u003c\/em\u003e, 1690), her response to a sermon by the Portuguese Jesuit Antonio Vieira on Christ’s greatest \u003cem\u003efineza\u003c\/em\u003e, or demonstration of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the \u003cem\u003eCrisis\u003c\/em\u003e, Sor Juana puts into practice what she would later argue in the \u003cem\u003eRespuesta\u003c\/em\u003e: that women could, and should, engage in theological study, and that a woman’s well-reasoned argument would defeat any man’s ill-founded and unorthodox thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first annotated, critical edition and English translation of the complete published exchange between Sor Juana and Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz, with a comprehensive introduction, commented textual variants, and extensive textual notes. The introduction explores how the \u003cem\u003eCrisis\u003c\/em\u003e can be read in relation to Juana’s other works, including her love poetry, her eucharistic drama \u003cem\u003eEl mártir del Sacramento\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePrimero sueño\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy analysing its central themes, this study argues that the \u003cem\u003eCrisis\u003c\/em\u003e is key to Juana’s defence of women’s learning, while also shedding light on her views on gender, theological enquiry, and the dynamics of love, both religious and secular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934215848172,"sku":"9781805965770","price":211.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805965770-sor-juana-in-s-de-la-cruz-critique-of-a-sermon-and-other-letters.jpg?v=1783907066"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/series-aris-phillips-hispanic-classics.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}