Ambiguous gender in early modern Spain and Portugal [[electronic resource] ] : inquisitors, doctors and the transgression of gender norms / / by François Soyer

• Autore: Soyer François
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.76/80946
• Soggetto topico: Gender identity - Portugal - History; Gender identity - Spain - History; Inquisition - Portugal - History; Inquisition - Spain - History; Transgender people - Portugal - History; Transgender people - Spain - History; Gender nonconformity - Portugal - History; Gender nonconformity - Spain - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ambiguous gender in early modern Spain and Portugal
• ISBN: 1-283-60213-X; 9786613914583; 90-04-23278-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810278503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World ; 47.