The criminal case of Juana Aguilar :: adjudicating gender in colonial Central America /: Sylvia Sellers-García.

Sellers-García, Sylvia,

The criminal case of Juana Aguilar : adjudicating gender in colonial Central America / Sylvia Sellers-García.

2025

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Author

Sellers-García, Sylvia, author.

Title

The criminal case of Juana Aguilar : adjudicating gender in colonial Central America / Sylvia Sellers-García.

Imprint

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2025]

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Description

1 online resource (xi, 103 pages) : maps.

Series

Latin American originals.

Formatted Contents Note

Principal individuals in the case
Criminal case against Juana Aguilar.

Summary

"Presents the translated criminal case of Juana Aguilar, an Indigenous intersex person tried between 1790 and 1803 in San Salvador and Guatemala City. The volume offers insight into the legal and medical systems that sought to define Aguilar's identity, illuminating intersections of gender, sexuality, and colonial authority in this period"-- Provided by publisher.

Language Note

English text, partially translated from the Spanish.

Bibliography, etc. Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Description

Description based on online resource (viewed February 18, 2026)

Available in Other Form

Print version: Sellers-García, Sylvia. Criminal case of Juana Aguilar. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2025]

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Unlimited user

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