Mexican Karismata: The Baroque Vocation of Francisca de los Ángeles, 1674-1744. By Ellen Gunnarsdóttir. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. Pp. xii, 305. Illustrations. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $75.00 cloth; $29.95 paper.
women are adapting their activism to changing circumstances (often moving into new arenas), the authors devote two chapters to an exploration of the potential for broader alliances across religion (Catholic and Protestant) and across class (middleclass feminists and popular feminists). These two chapters are valuable for the way they bring to light the complexity of these women's identities. As noted in the authors' discussion of their methodology, all of the interviewees are "poor, female, and Catholic" (p. 16). The complex and fluid relationship among these identities is illustrated through a discussion of the relationships (or potential for relationships) between base community activists and Protestant organizations, and popular sector women and middle-class feminist organizations.