Sex and Conquest: Gendered Violence, Political Order, and the European Conquest of the AmericasA historical account of the berdache--biological men who performed the offices and work of women, including sexual service--in Europe and America at the time of the Conquest. Trexler examines the sexual culture of both early modern Iberia and the native American world of that era. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Backgrounds | 1 |
Iberian Experiences | 2 |
Contents | 26 |
The Military and Diplomatic Berdache | 64 |
Becoming | 82 |
The Religious Berdache | 102 |
On the Ground | 118 |
Attitudes and Assessments | 141 |
Bibliography Index ix X X xi 1 | 207 |
12 | 213 |
38 | 219 |
64 | 225 |
82 | 229 |
102 | 233 |
118 | 235 |
141 | 238 |
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