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Contents Preface: Serious Play ix 1. Passing and the Fictions of Spanish Identity 1 2. Border Crossings: Transvestism and Passing in Don Quijote 21 3. Empire Unmanned: Gender Trouble and Genoese Gold in “Las dos doncellas” 46 4. Passing Pleasures: Costume and Custom in “El amante liberal” and La gran sultana 63 5. “La disimulación es provechosa”: The Critique of Transparency in the Persiles and “La española inglesa” 87 Afterword: Passing and the Arts of Subjectification 111 Notes 115 Index 137 ...

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