Lieutenant nun : memoir of a Basque transvestite in the New World /

Erauso, Catalina de, approximately 1592-

Lieutenant nun : memoir of a Basque transvestite in the New World / Catalina de Erauso ; translated from the Spanish by Michele Stepto and Gabriel Stepto ; foreword by Marjorie Garber. - xlvii, 80 pages ; 21 cm

"English version of Historia de la monja alf�erez (1988), the 'autobiographical' account of a Basque woman who fled convent life in Spain; made her way to the Indies disguised as a page boy; and spent 22 years as a soldier in the colonies, mostly in Chile and the Perus, in early 17th century. Traditionally rejected as a work of fiction, Catalina de Erauso's story has been verified - to the extent that verification is possible - as well as authenticated by recent scholarship. [MTH]"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

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Erauso, Catalina de, approximately 1592-


Spain--Biography
Latin America--Biography

CT1358.E7 / A3 1996

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