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Ambiguous gender in early modern Spain and Portugal : inquisitors, doctors and the transgression of gender norms / by François Soyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soyer, François.
- Series:
- Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World 47.
- The medieval and early modern Iberian world, 1569-1934 ; v. 47
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gender identity--Portugal--History.
- Gender identity.
- Gender identity--Spain--History.
- Inquisition--Portugal--History.
- Inquisition.
- Inquisition--Spain--History.
- Trans people--Portugal--History.
- Trans people.
- Trans people--Spain--History.
- Gender nonconformity--Portugal--History.
- Gender nonconformity.
- Gender nonconformity--Spain--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / François Soyer
- Introduction / François Soyer
- Gender Stereotypes and Sexual Transgressions in Early Modern Spain and Portugal / François Soyer
- Inquisitors and Hermaphrodites / François Soyer
- “A Woman Married as a Man”: The Trial of Francisco Roca (1649–1650) / François Soyer
- “Father Paula”: The Trial of Father Pedro Furtado (1698–1701) / François Soyer
- The “She-Man” of Ervedal: The Trial of Joseph “Josepha” Martins (1725) / François Soyer
- Sister Maria’s Secret Penis: The Trial of Maria Duran (1741–1744) / François Soyer
- Conclusion / François Soyer
- Appendix / François Soyer
- Bibliography / François Soyer
- Index / François Soyer.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-60213-X
- 9786613914583
- 90-04-23278-8
- OCLC:
- 811140490
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004232785 DOI
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