TY - BOOK ID - 77871971 TI - Book for the hour of recreation AU - María de San José AU - Weber, Alison AU - Powell, Amanda. PY - 2002 SN - 1281126047 9786611126049 0226734625 9780226734620 0226734552 9780226734552 9780226734545 0226734544 9781281126047 0226734544 0226734552 9780226734552 PB - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Christian saints KW - Teresa, KW - Ahumada, Teresa de Cepeda y, KW - Cepeda, Theresa de, KW - Cepeda y Ahumada, Teresa de, KW - De Cepeda, Theresa, KW - De Cepeda y Ahumada, Teresa, KW - Sanchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, Teresa, KW - Teresa de Jesús, KW - Teresa di Gesù, KW - Teresia a Jesu, KW - Tereza, KW - Theresa de Jesus, KW - Theresa, KW - Thérèse, KW - Thérèse de Jésus, KW - Therese, KW - Theresia a Jesu, KW - Theresia, KW - Theresia von Jesus, KW - 248 MARIA DE SAN JOSE KW - 248 TERESA DE JESUS DE AVILA KW - 271.971 KW - 271.971 Karmelitessen KW - Karmelitessen KW - Spiritualiteit. Ascese. Mystiek. Vroomheid--MARIA DE SAN JOSE KW - Spiritualiteit. Ascese. Mystiek. Vroomheid--TERESA DE JESUS DE AVILA KW - teresa of avila, maria de san jose salazar, carmelite nun, reform, religion, spirituality, catholicism, prioress, convent, seclusion, nunnery, seville, lisbon, spain, history, catholic reformation, gender, women in the church, leadership, education, discalced, music, plays, drama, faith, belief, worship, piety, religious experience, nonfiction, recreation, spiritual teaching, inquisition, affect, female friendship, saints, art. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77871971 AB - María de San José Salazar (1548-1603) took the veil as a Discalced ("barefoot") Carmelite nun in 1571, becoming one of Teresa of Avila's most important collaborators in religious reform and serving as prioress of the Seville and Lisbon convents. Within the parameters of the strict Catholic Reformation in Spain, María fiercely defended women's rights to define their own spiritual experience and to teach, inspire, and lead other women in reforming their church. María wrote this book as a defense of the Discalced practice of setting aside two hours each day for conversation, music, and staging of religious plays. Casting the book in the form of a dialogue, María demonstrates through fictional conversations among a group of nuns during their hours of recreation how women could serve as very effective spiritual teachers for each other. The book includes one of the first biographical portraits of Teresa and Maria's personal account of the troubled founding of the Discalced convent at Seville, as well as her tribulations as an Inquisitional suspect. Rich in allusions to women's affective relationships in the early modern convent, Book for the Hour of Recreation also serves as an example of how a woman might write when relatively free of clerical censorship and expectations. A detailed introduction and notes by Alison Weber provide historical and biographical context for Amanda Powell's fluid translation. ER -