Lesbians in Early Modern Spain

Acknowledgments

xi Acknowledgments I t would be difficult to thank all who played a part in the evolution of this book, which was almost twenty years in the making. My gratitude goes first to the following friends and colleagues who patiently read my drafts and listened to my musings on early modern women and desire: José Cartagena-Calderón, Dianna Niebylski, Marta Vicente, Luis Corteguera, Peter Mancall, Emilie Bergmann, and Alison Weber. Special thanks go to Stan Lombardo and Tom Habinek for guiding me through tricky Latin texts, and to my friends at the University of Southern California for their support and inspiration. I am indebted to the anonymous readers who provided thought-provoking feedback on this study, and everyone at Vanderbilt University Press who gave me valuable editorial suggestions. Earlier versions of some of this material appeared in the journal Revista de Estudios Hispánicos and in the anthologies Tortilleras: Hispanic and U.S. Latina Lesbian Expression; Reading and Writing the Ambiente: Queer Sexu­ alities in Latino, Latin American, and Spanish Culture (Librada Hernandez and Susana Chavez-Silverman, eds.; © 2000 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System; reprinted courtesy of The University of Wisconsin Press); and Lesbianism and Homosexuality in Spanish Golden Age Literature and Society. ...