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The Lieutenant Nun : Transgenderism, Lesbian Desire, and Catalina de Erauso /

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...

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Autor principal: Velasco, Sherry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Hybrid Spectacles: Lesbian Desire, Monsters, and Masculine Women in Early Modern Spain
  • 2. Celebrity and Scandal: The Creation of the Lieutenant Nun in the Seventeenth Century
  • 3. Melodrama and the De-Lesbianized Reconstruction of the Lieutenant Nun in the Nineteenth Century
  • 4. From Cinema to Comics: The Re-Lesbianization of the Lieutenant Nun in the Twentieth Century
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index