Cabello/Carceller
Addendum: The Céspedes Case
In A/O (Céspedes Case), Cabello/Carceller explores the life of Eleno de Céspedes, a figure from the Spanish baroque period who was born a mulatta slave in Granada, but who came to identify as a man, becoming a licensed surgeon and marrying a woman with the Church’s approval, only to be brought to trial and convicted by the Spanish Inquisition.
This publication also includes a selection of the proceedings of Eleno’s trial by the Inquisition, distilling an entire life of transgression down to a few pages. The project as a whole enables us to take a broadly historical perspective on questions of gender, as well as on the roles of slavery and race in the construction of Spanish identity during the colonial era, and their absence in the sphere of representation.
- Authors
- Israel Burshatin, Cabello/Carceller (Helena Cabello, Ana Carceller), Manuel Segade
- Editor
- MUAC-UNAM
- Language
- Spanish & English
- Format
- 21.5 x 28 cm
- Edition
- 2019
- Extension
- 176 p.
- Price
- $430
- ISBN UNAM
- 978-607-30-1358-1
