Demons, nausea, and resistance in the autobiography of Isabel de Jesús (1611-1682) / Sherry M. Velasco.

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1996], ©1996.

x, 133 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

1st ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-126) and index.

Introduction: self-representation and the metanarrative -- Writing a nun's life -- The devil, nausea, and "monjas embaucadoras" -- Iconographic tradition and the demonic mouth -- The dialectics of resistance: prowriting versus antiwriting -- Disgust, nausea, and writing -- Conclusion: Isabel's hidden tradition.