Ambiguous gender in early modern Spain and Portugal: inquisitors, doctors and the transgression of gender norms
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Main Author: Soyer, François (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill ©2012
Series:Medieval and early modern Iberian world, 1569-1934 v. 47
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Using new inquisitorial sources, this study examines the complexities revolving around transgenderism and the construction of gender identity in the early modern Iberian World and the self-perception of individuals whose behaviour, whether consciously or unconsciously, flouted social and sexual conventions
Gender Stereotypes and Sexual Transgressions in Early Modern Spain and Portugal -- Inquisitors and Hermaphrodites -- "A Woman Married as a Man": The Trial of Francisco Roca (1649-1650) -- "Father Paula": The Trial of Father Pedro Furtado (1698-1701) -- The "She-Man" of Ervedal: The Trial of Joseph "Josepha" Martins (1725) -- Sister Maria's Secret Penis: The Trial of Maria Duran (1741-1744) -- Conclusion
"From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions conducted a number of trials against individuals accused by members of their communities of being of the other gender - men accused of being women and women accused of being men - or even hermaphrodites. Using new inquisitorial sources, this study examines the complexities revolving around transgenderism and the construction of gender identity in the early modern Iberian World. It throws light upon the manner in which the Inquisition, medical practitioners and the wider society in Spain and Portugal responded to transgenderism and on the self-perception of individuals whose behaviour, whether consciously or unconsciously, flouted these social and sexual conventions."--Publisher's website
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 328 pages)
ISBN:9004225293
9004232788
9789004225299
9789004232785

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