Black bride of Christ: Chicaba, an African nun in eighteenth-century Spain

"A saint's life and a slave narrative, this English translation of The Exemplary Life of Sister Teresa Juliana, née 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 e...

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Main Author: Pan y Agua, Juan Carlos (Author)
Contributors: Houchins, Sue E. (Editor, Translator) ; Fra Molinero, Baltasar (Editor, Translator)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Nashville Vanderbilt University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Teresa Juliana de Santo Domingo 1676-1748
Further subjects:B Teresa Juliana de Santo Domingo madre (1676-1748)
B Nuns (Guinea) Biography
B Nuns (Spain) Biography
B Biography
B Dominican Sisters (Spain) Biography
B Dominican Sisters (Guinea) Biography
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Summary:"A saint's life and a slave narrative, this English translation of The Exemplary Life of Sister Teresa Juliana, née 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"--
"A saint's life and a slave narrative, this English translation of The Exemplary Life of Sister Teresa Juliana, née 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"--
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ISBN:0826521037