Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Abbreviations xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 Women’s Religious Pathways in New Spain 14
8. Chapter 2 New Spanish Portraiture and Portraits of Nuns 35
9. Chapter 3 Euro-Christian Precedents in the Crowned-Nun Image 69
10. Chapter 4 Indigenous Contributions to Convent Arts and Culture 93
11. Chapter 5 The Profession Portrait in a Time of Crisis 122
12. Chapter 6 Colonial Identity Rhetorics 148
13. Epilogue 173
14. Notes 179
15. Glossary 215
16. Bibliography 219
17. Index 239