Black bride of Christ : Chicaba, an African nun in eighteenth-century Spain / edited, translated, and with an introduction by Sue E. Houchins and Baltasar Fra-Molinero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pan y Agua, Juan Carlos, author.

Contributor:

Houchins, Sue E., editor.

Fra Molinero, Baltasar, editor.

Standardized Title:

Compendio de la vida ejemplar de la Venerable Madre Sor Teresa Juliana de Santo Domingo. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Nuns--Spain--Biography.

Nuns.

Teresa Juliana de Santo Domingo, madre, 1676-1748.

Teresa Juliana de Santo Domingo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 307 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"A saint's life and a slave narrative, this English translation of The Exemplary Life of Sister Teresa Juliana, nee Chicaba, recounts her capture in West Africa, kidnapping to Spain, enslavement in the household of nobility, and emancipation to live as a Dominican religious. Introductory essays explain the historical, literary, cultural, religious, and African Diasporic contexts of her lifestory"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: This English Translation and Its Introduction

Introduction: Section 1 | Context and Exposition of the Vida

Introduction: Section 2| Discussion of the Vida by Chapters

Gallery of Figures

Translation of the Vida

Appendixes

Appendix 1: Carta de Pago (Letter of Payment)

Appendix 2: Act of Profession

Appendix 3: Obituary of Sor Teresa Chicaba contained in the Acts of the Chapter of Toro

Appendix 4: Last Will and Testament of Juliana Teresa Portocarrero, Marchioness of Mancera

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826504227

0826504221

9780826521057

0826521053

OCLC:

934938968