Passing to América Antonio (Née María) Yta's Transgressive, Transatlantic Life in the Twilight of the Spanish Empire

• Main Author: Abercrombie, Thomas A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Pennsylvania State University Press 2018
• Subjects: History of the Americas; European history; Social & cultural history; Gay & Lesbian studies; Legal history; History; Latin American Studies; European Studies; Feminist & Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Law
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 wom...