Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-176) and index.
Note
Print version record.
Contents
PROGLOGUE -- THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF CROSS-DRESSING AND SEX-CHANGING -- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GROUNDED THEORY -- THE SOCIAL WORLDS OF CROSS-DRESSING AND SEX-CHANGING -- MALE FEMALING, MASKED AWARENESS CONTEXTS AND THE METHODOLOGY OF GROUNDED THEORY -- BEGINNING MALE FEMALING -- FANTASYING MALE FEMALING -- DOING MALE FEMALING -- CONSTITUTING MALE FEMALING -- CONSOLIDATING MALE FEMALING -- CONCLUSION.
Summary
This unique and fascinating book, meticulously and systematically develops a theory of male femaling which has major ramifications for both the field of 'transvestism' and 'transsexualism' and for the analysis of sex and gender more generally.