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

Author:   Sherry Velasco
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
ISBN:  

9780292787469


Pages:   255
Publication Date:   01 February 2001
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Sherry Velasco
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292787469


ISBN 10:   0292787464
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   01 February 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Hybrid Spectacles: Lesbian Desire, Monsters, and Masculine Women in Early Modern Spain2.Celebrity and Scandal: The Creation of the Lieutenant Nun in the Seventeenth Century3. Melodrama and the De-Lesbianized Reconstruction of the Lieutenant Nun in the Nineteenth Century4. From Cinema to Comics: The Re-Lesbianization of the Lieutenant Nun in the Twentieth CenturyConclusionAppendix NotesBibliographyIndex

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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. Cruz, Professor of Spanish, University of Illinois, Chicago


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Sherry Velasco is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California.

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