Ambiguous Gender in Early Modern Spain and Portugal - Inquisitors, Doctors and the Transgression of Gender Norms

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.

Info autore

François Soyer, Ph.D. (2007), University of Cambridge, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is currently a lecturer in early modern history at Southampton (UK) and an Australian Research Council research fellow at the University of Adelaide (Australia).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Francois Soyer
• Editore: Brill
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.08.2012
• EAN: 9789004225299
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22529-9
• Pagine: 344
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 680 g
• Serie: Medieval and Early Modern Iber
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo