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

by Sherry Velasco

Book Overview

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 Sebasti?n, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292787464
• ISBN13: 9780292787469
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"