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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.Description: xlvii, 80 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0807070726
  • 9780807070727
Uniform titles:
  • Historia de la Monja Alférez. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 946/.052/092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • CT1358.E7 A3 1996
Online resources: Summary: "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. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
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Book Book Stonewall Biography B deErauso DEE 1996 1 Available 239081

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"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.

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