Arising from a 2009 conference held at the U. of Illinois, Chicago titled "Educating Gender: Women's Literacy in Early Modern Spain and the New World," this volume contains 13 contributions
pertaining to women's rich and diverse participation--despite male cultural domination--in the realms of both reading and writing. Arrangement is in sections on the practices of women's
literacy, the role of women in convents, and exemplary women and their works--Lope de Vega, Ana Caro, and Maria de Zayas, among others. Editors Anne Cruz (U. of Miami) and Rosilie Hern獺ndez (U.
of Illinois at Chicago) are also contributors. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
