Cuerpos místicos, cuerpos que imitan a Cristo. De Agustín de Hipona a Francisca Josefa de la Concepción del Castillo

Abstract

María de San José, Madre Castillo and Úrsula Suárez begin their autobiographical narratives with a reading scene. Agustín de Hipona, Ignacio de Loyola, Catalina de Siena or Teresa de Jesús are the classic writers they get inspiration from. Their teaching and examples become a model, not only for the way the body behaves, but also for the mystical experience that goes with it. From this point of view, colonial nuns write paradoxical narratives. Their writings, however, will be interrupted by a language of desire in an attempt to find a female expressiveness diferent from the official one.