Ambiguous Gender in Early Modern Spain and Portugal ：Inquisitors, Doctors and the Transgression of Gender Norms ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Inquisitors, Doctors and the Transgression of Gender Norms

Publication series ：1

Author： Soyer   Francois  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9789004232785

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004225299

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004225299

Subject： K History and Geography

Language： ENG

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Description

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.

Chapter

Ambiguous Gender in Early Modern Spain and Portugal

pp.：  1 – 16

Copyright

pp.：  4 – 4

Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

List of Illustrations

pp.：  7 – 8

Acknowledgements

pp.：  9 – 10

Note to the Reader

pp.：  11 – 12

Maps

pp.：  13 – 16

Introduction

pp.：  17 – 32

1. Gender Stereotypes and Sexual Transgressions in Early Modern Spain and Portugal

pp.：  33 – 65

2. Inquisitors and Hermaphrodites

pp.：  66 – 111

3. “A Woman Married as a Man”: The Trial of Francisco Roca (1649–1650)

pp.：  112 – 140

4. “Father Paula”: The Trial of Father Pedro Furtado (1698–1701)

pp.：  141 – 196

5. The “She-Man” of Ervedal: The Trial of Joseph “Josepha” Martins (1725)

pp.：  197 – 225

6. Sister Maria’s Secret Penis: The Trial of Maria Duran (1741–1744)

pp.：  226 – 301

Conclusion

pp.：  302 – 320

Appendix

pp.：  321 – 330

Bibliography

pp.：  331 – 340

Index

pp.：  341 – 344

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