An edition of Lieutenant nun (1996)
Lieutenant nun
memoir of a Basque transvestite in the New World
By Catalina de Erauso
Publish Date
1996
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
eng
Pages
80
Description:
"English version of Historia de la monja alférez (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.
subjects: Biography, Spain, biography, Latin america, biography, Gay and lesbian studies
People: Catalina de Erauso (b. ca. 1592)
Places: Spain, Latin America