I think it’s important to recognize the diversity of Latin America and it’s incredibly complex history of immigration. Keeping this in mind, to recognize where some of the sensualization or fetishization of these stories comes from; the story of Catali…
The article on the Casta Paintings from this week’s readings honestly bothered me. As I begun the article I empathized…
Catalina de Erauso’s memoir “Lieutenant Nun” is an exciting tale of adventure and tragedy. Catalina escapes her life in a Dominican convent to start a new life travelling as a soldier and conquistador, then presenting herself as a man under various names including Francisco Loyola The most exciting part of the memoir, for me, was the […]
After reading Lieutenant Nun, for the first time in my life I found myself almost rooting for a colonialist. I could not help but be utterly impressed by the success of her transformation into a soldier and conquistador and must admit that as I read this story my mind was tempted to see Catalina de Erauso as …
After reading the story of Lieutenant Nun, I feel like I have some mixed feelings about this character. While admiring her courage of escpaing the identity given to her in order to become someone who she wants to be, I do not think I respect the person that she had become, and would even consider…
The story of the Lieutenant nun was about a woman named Catalina de Erauso who was training to be a nun but decided to runaway from the convent and instead disguised herself as a man then became a lieutenant. I was amazed that when she disguised herself as a man (and went by the name … Continue reading →
The story of Catalina de Erauso is very fascinating and hard to believe. While reading the story i could not help but think of it as a Hollywood movie because of how dramatic, surprising, and thrilling it was. It is remarkable how she completely changed the view on women at a time when women had… Continue reading Week Three – The Colonial Experience
There are few memoirs that read as if they were a work of fiction. Catalina de Erauso’s is one of them. After escaping the dominican convent where she was a nun, Erauso, fled the Basque country, traveled Spanish territories, and ended up in the New World. Erauso then returned to Spain, where she was […]
Catalina de Eraauso’s life story is something out of a storybook. Her exploits and travels in a time when women were subdued and controlled is what makes this story even more fascinating. To start off, the most extraordinary aspect of the story to me was the fact that her family gave her up to the …
I found the videos and readings for this week very interesting, specially the reading on Catalina de Erauso. I find her story and character very fascinating! From the very beginning you get a sense that she doesn’t feel like she belongs. I don’t believ…
