A historical biography of Don Antonio Yta, denounced in 1803 as a woman masquerading as a man. Examines the sex/gender complex within the Spanish Atlantic empire.
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A historical biography of Don Antonio Yta, denounced in 1803 as a woman masquerading as a man. Examines the sex/gender complex within the Spanish Atlantic empire.
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Very Good jacket. University Park. 2018. October 2018. Penn State University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780271081182. 21 b&w illustrations. 2 maps. 6 x 9. 296 pages. hardcover. keywords: History. DESCRIPTION-This book makes a strong contribution to transgender studies historical scholarship, and it supplies the best case study of the complexities of colonial gender in the Americas since the fabled tale of the Lieutenant Nun, Antonio (née Catalina) de Erauso. —Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History. In 1803 in the colonial South American city of La Plata, Doña Martina Vilvado y Balverde presented herself to church and crown officials to denounce her husband of more than four years, Don Antonio Yta, as a woman in disguise Forced to submit to a medical inspection that revealed a woman's body, Don Antonio confessed to having been María Yta, while continuing to assert his maleness, and to having a functional member that he claimed appeared when necessary. Passing to América is at once a historical biography and an in-depth examination of the sex/gender complex in an era before gender had been divorced from sex. The book presents readers with the original court docket, including Don Antonio's extended confession, in which he tells his life story, and the equally extraordinary biographical sketch offered by Felipa Ybañez of her son María, both in English translation and the original Spanish. Thomas A Abercrombie's analysis not only grapples with how to understand the sex/gender system within the Spanish Atlantic empire at the turn of the nineteenth century but also explores what Antonio/Maria and contemporaries can teach us about the complexities of the relationship between sex and gender today. Passing to América brings to light a previously obscure case of gender transgression and puts Don Antonio's life into its social and historical context in order to explore the meaning of trans identity in Spain and its American colonies. This accessible and intriguing study provides new insight into historical and contemporary gender construction that will interest students and scholars of gender studies and colonial Spanish literature and history. inventory #48070.
Add this copy of Passing to América: Antonio (Née María) Yta? S to cart. $127.13, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Penn State University Press.
