Medina De Erauso Analysis

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1000-1250 words (5 pages). Nov 14th 5 pm. MLA (De Erauso, 77) critical review. Compare the gender roles for men and women in colonial Latin America in the 17th century. discuss the major assumptions that Spaniards had regarding gender roles, such as how the concept of honor worked in bringing social relations, including those between men and women, in colonial Latin America.

Master tried to force his mistress to marry her (13)
Kill his wife, she wanted to run away (45)

In Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World, Catalina De Erauso tells her extraordinary story of how she lived the life of a man. She presents this story by telling us of the many exciting and crazy events she encountered throughout her travels. Through