La Historia De La Monja Alf Rez

Aqu se cuenta la vida de Catalina de Erauso, quien tras abandonar el convento de San Sebasti n, se visti como hombre y se fue a Am rica, donde alcanz el grado de alf rez. Mat en duelos y reyertas a muchos hombres, entre ellos a un hermano, y tuvo varios escarceos amorosos con otras mujeres. Fue detenida en Per y condenada a muerte tras otra de sus habituales trifulcas. Entonces se supo que era virgen y el obispo de la regi n la perdon . De regreso a Espa a fue recibida por el rey, que respet su grado militar y le autoriz a usar nombre masculino. Tambi n el Papa le permiti vestir de hombre. Tras estas aventuras regres a Am rica, esta vez a M xico, abri un negocio y vivi como hombre hasta su muerte. Existen numerosas versiones de esta autobiograf a entre ellas las de P rez de Montalb n y la de Mateos, ambas publicadas en Linkgua. La historia de la monja alf rez es un texto de referencia en los estudios feministas y sobre la condici n hist rica de la mujer.

Historia de la Monja Alferez By Catalina de Erauso

One of the earliest known autobiographies by a woman, this is the extraordinary tale of Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and went on to live one of the most wildly fantastic lives of any woman in history. A soldier in the Spanish army, she traveled to Peru and Chile, became a gambler, and even mistakenly killed her own brother in a duel. During her lifetime she emerged as the adored folkloric hero of the Spanish-speaking world. This delightful translation of Catalina's own work introduces a new audience to her audacious escapades.

A volume of eleven innovative essays on cultural production in medieval Castile, blending original archival work with a rigorous consideration of comparative methodology for the study of religions and languages in contact.

The author's main reason for writing this book, however, is simply to provide an introduction to the Mexican commercial cinema for American and other English-speaking readers. Although the United States has been, and continues to be, a major foreign market for Mexican movies, the overwhelming majority of Americans are unaware of them. Mexican films are restricted to the Hispanic theater circuits and shown without English subtitles; therefore anyone wishing to see a Mexican movie would have to be fairly fluent in Spanish. Such a requisite effectively eliminates almost the entire general audience in the United States from exposure to Mexican cinema.