Sor Juana: Or, the Traps of Faith
by Octavio Paz
List Price:
Our Price: $13.98
You Save: $11.52 (45%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.28 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Octavio PazTranslator: Margaret Sayers Peden
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1990-01-02
ISBN: 0674821068
Number of pages: 564
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Book Reviews of Sor Juana: Or, the Traps of Faith
Book Review: The inner workings of a woman, by a man?
Summary: 3 Stars
Paz sums up Juana Ines de la Cruz in terms of sexual transference of her present and absent male figures, in Freudian terms (rampant misogynist and debunked theorist), and her infantilism. A genius relegated to a baby and a woman forever haunted by men, who Paz claims initiated a "movement towards maleness" because she would not be prevented from satiating her hunger for books. How can one not wonder if Paz is reducing the woman's genius to one of maleness? How can one say that because she wanted to go to the University and was willing to dress like a man to do so that she wanted to be male (unless one supposes that genius can only be measured in terms of the male gender)? Juana Ines de la Cruz's gender prevented her from the place of learning that she deserved to be more than any man. Why is it so difficult for Senor Paz to consider that Juana Ines de la Cruz was a genius and that her gender was an obstacle ultimately for the men of her time (and perhaps of today)? She endured cultural and religious oppression and soared to heights of intellectual greatness. This was not in response to her illegitimacy. It was in response to her genius.
Biographies & Memoirs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Biographies & Memoirs Books
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendshipby Jeffrey Zaslow
Gotham; Published: 2009-04-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.60
Price in other shops:
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanityby Bill O'Reilly
Broadway; Published: 2008-09-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.90
Price in other shops:
The Last Lectureby Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Hyperion; Published: 2008-04-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.40
Price in other shops:
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10by Marcus Luttrell
Little, Brown and Company; Published: 2009-05-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.56
Price in other shops:
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimistby Michael J. Fox
Hyperion; Published: 2009-03-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.00
Price in other shops:
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Timeby Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2007-01-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.50
Price in other shops:
Much to Your Chagrin: A Memoir of Embarrassmentby Suzanne Guillette
Atria; Published: 2009-03-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.25
Price in other shops:
Taking Woodstockby Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte
Square One Publishers; Published: 2007-06-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.69
Price in other shops:
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah EquianoCoffeetown Press; Published: 2008-10-01; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lionby Anthony Bourke, John Rendall
Broadway; Published: 2009-03-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.76
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Sor Juana's Second Dream: A Novelby Alicia Gaspar de Alba
University of New Mexico Press; Published: 1999-08-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)by Pamela Kirk Rappaport
Paulist Press; Published: 2005-09-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $21.32
Price in other shops:
The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987: Bilingual Editionby Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger
New Directions Publishing Corporation; Published: 1991-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.57
Price in other shops:
Woman of Genius: The Intellectual Autobiography of Sor Juana de la Cruzby Margaret Sayers Peden
Lime Rock Press; Published: 1982-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.50
The Answer / La Respuesta, Including a Selection of Poems (A Feminist Press Sourcebook)by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York; Published: 1994-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.00
Price in other shops:
I, The Worst of All (Yo, la Peor de Todas)Release date: 2003-03-25; DVD
Best price: $13.54
Price in other shops:
The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United States, the Philanthropic Ogreby Octavio Paz
Grove Press; Published: 1994-01-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
Sor Juana's Love Poems (Poemas de Amor) (Spanish Edition)by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
University of Wisconsin Press; Published: 2003-03-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.22
Price in other shops:
A Sor Juana Anthologyby Sor Juana
Harvard University Press; Published: 1990-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $21.63
Price in other shops:
Poems, Protest, and a Dream: Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)by Juana Ines de la Cruz
Penguin Classics; Published: 1997-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops: