Passing to América : Antonio (née María) Yta's transgressive, transatlantic life in the twilight of the Spanish empire /

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"A historical biography of Don Antonio Yta, denounced in 1803 as a woman masquerading as a man. Examines the sex/gender complex within the Spanish Atlantic empire"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Abercrombie, Thomas Alan, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Yta, Antonio, > 1770 or 1771-
1800-1899
Gender-nonconforming people > Bolivia > Biography.
Gender-nonconforming people > Spain > Biography.
Gender nonconformity > Bolivia > History > 19th century.
Gender nonconformity > Spain > History > 19th century.
Transgenrisme > Bolivie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Transgenrisme > Espagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Gender-nonconforming people.
Gender nonconformity.
Bolivia.
Spain.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : exposure
  • Confession : self-fashioning and the involuntary autobiography
  • Habits : María's apprenticeships in a cross-dressing culture
  • Passages : the passing privileges of Don Antonio's sartorial modernity in América
  • Means and ends : zenith and nadir of a social climber
  • Afterlives : alternative emplotments of Don Antonio's literary lives
  • Truth : "true sex," passing, and the consequences of deception
  • Conclusion : narrations, enactments, and bodily pleasure.

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