Cesar D. Favila is Assistant Professor of Musicology at UCLA. His work focuses on Mexican music, ranging from colonial New Spain to the contemporary Chicano experience, and often residing at the intersections of music, religion, gender, and race. Favila's work has been funded by numerous grants and fellowships, including support from the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Philosophical Society, and the Fulbright Program, among others.
Dedication Table of Contents Preface, or an Autohistoria-Teoría List of Figures List of Examples List of Tables List of Appendices Note on Sources
Introduction: Veil and Voice
Part I. Acousmatic Discipline
1. Immaculate Conflicts: Resounding Mary's Immaculate Conception, or Who Was Sister Flor de Santa Clara?
2. Sonic Thresholds: The Grates of the Cloister and the Lips of Nuns, or Who Was Sister Rosa?
3. Disciplined Sounds: Dowry Waivers and Race, or Who Was Sister Mariana Josefa de Señor San Ignacio?
Part II. Unity
4. Feasting Sounds: The Eucharistic Honeymoon, or Who Was Sister Paula?
5. Redeeming Sounds: Resounding the Passion of Christ and His Spiritual Brides, or Who Was Sister Marina de San Francisco?
Epilogue
Acknowledgements Appendices Notes Select Bibliography Index
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