| Description |
xiii, 443 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in 1992. |
| Contents |
Dress codes, or the theatricality of difference -- Cross-dress for success -- The transvestite's progress -- Spare parts : the surgical construction of gender -- Fetish envy -- Breaking the code : transvestism and gay identity -- Fear of flying, or Why is Peter Pan a woman -- Cherchez la femme : cross-dressing in detective fiction -- Religious habits -- Phantoms of the opera : actor, diplomat, transvestite, spy -- Black and white TV : cross-dressing the color line -- The chic of Araby : transvestism and the erotics of cultural appropriation -- The transvestite continuum : Liberace-Valentino-Elvis -- Conclusion a tergo : Red Riding Hood and the wolf in bed. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Cross-dressing.
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Cross-dressers.
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| ISBN |
0415919517 |
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9780415919517 |
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