 Later 18th century "New World" loas contained some of the first references to problems in the Americas navigating class structures with the emergence of a hierarchy based off race that included Criollo, Indios, Mestizos, and more.Monologues appeared in laudatory prologues or introductions as loas in the plays of Hispanic America and are called "elogios dramaticos" in Brazil.Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695)

Sor Juana is said to have written hundreds of loas or autos (sacred) and for comedias (secular) in Peru and New Spain but only 18 remain.