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Crossing Boundaries: Authority, Knowledge, and Experience in the Autobiography Vida y sucesos de la monja alférez
- a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
- The Autobiography Society
- Volume 28, Number 2, Winter 2013
- pp. 296-316
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In Vida y sucesos de la Monja Alférez, seventeenth-century Basque nun Catalina de Erauso escapes from a convent, thereafter dressing as a man and pursuing adventure in Spain and the New World. As a cross-dressing soldier, Erauso’s experience allows her authority as the first-person narrator of her own story. This essay analyzes the “yo” of Erauso’s narrative, exploring her agency in narrating her own story.