In Search of Catalina de Erauso
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In Search of Catalina de Erauso by Eva Mendieta
Who was Catalina de Erauso, the Lieutenant Nun? Swashbuckler, brawler, hard-headed businessperson, soldier, gallant, celebrity, transvestite, nun? How can one fail to be fascinated by her? A woman, yet a man; a soldier, yet a nun; Spanish, yet Basque. Catalina de Erauso embodied the contradictions and conflicts of the Early Modern Period, but she also transcended them in her own way. She became a stage on which we see how tensions between different identities played out in sixteenth--and seventeenth--century Spain, particularly the tensions between two sexual identities, male and female, and between the competing and multiple national identities already defined and being defined within that new thing that was Spain. This book explores the different facets of Erauso's persona: her sexual identity and the factors that determined her choice of gender roles; and her Basque origin and its impact on her life and her self-image.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781967179077 |
| ISBN 10 | 1967179077 |
| Title | In Search of Catalina de Erauso |
| Author | Eva Mendieta |
| Series | Occasional Papers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Center for Basque Studies Press |
| Year published | 2025-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |