The Lieutenant Nun: Transgenderism, Lesbian Desire, and Catalina de Erauso
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (856 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292787464 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Book claudia civeriatti It is an excellent book! It is a great- new condition as I read it! again thank you so much. Claudia.
. Sherry Velasco is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California
Cruz, Professor of Spanish, University of Illinois, Chicago) . "With its careful balance between history and gender theory, this valuable study should be in every scholar's library." (Calíope)"This book is an exciting, well-organized overview of the evolution of a cultural icon: the nun-ensign Catalina de Erauso. It will be of interest not only to Hispanists, but also to students of gender, theater, and film." (Anne J
Her book thus reveals what happens when the private experience of a transgenderist is shifted to the public sphere and thereby marketed as a hybrid spectacle for the curious gaze of the general audience.. Catalina de Erauso (1592-1650) was a Basque noblewoman who, just before taking final vows to become a nun, escaped from the convent at San Sebastián, dressed as a man, and, in her own words, "went hither and thither, embarked, went into port, took to roving, slew, wounded, embezzled, and roamed about." Her long service fighting for the Spanish empire in Peru and Chile won her a soldier's pension and a papal dispensation to continue dressing in men's clothing.This theoretically informed study analyzes the many ways in which the "Lieutenant Nun" has been constructed, interpreted, marketed, and consumed by both the dominant and divergent cultures in Europe, Latin America, and the