Author: Marjorie B. Garber
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415919517
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
A revolutionary and wide-ranging examination of transvestism ranging from Shakespeare and Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde and Peter Pan, from transsexual surgery and transvestite sororities to Madonna and Flip Wilson. The author examines the nature and importance of cross-dressing and society's recurring fascination with it. 40 pages of inserts, 8 in color.