'Oh! La Que Su Rostro Tapa/No Debe Valer Gran Cosa': Identidad Y Critica Social En La Cultura Transatlantica Hispanica (1520 - 1860) / 'Oh! The one who covers her face / surely is not worth much': Identity and Social Criticism in Transatlantic Hispanic Culture (1520-1860)

In 1639, a law prohibiting women any head covering; veil, mantilla, manto for example, is promulgated for the fifth time in the Iberian Peninsula under the penalty of losing the garment, and subsequently incurring more severe punishments. Regardless of these edicts this social practice continued. My...

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Main Author:	Therriault, Isabelle
Format:	Others
Published:	ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2010
Subjects:	Costume Early Modern Spanish Literature Identity New World Spain Veiled Women (Tapadas) Spanish Linguistics Spanish Literature
Online Access:	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/234 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1222&context=open_access_dissertations