Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety

by Marjorie Garber

Hardcover, 1991

Status

Available

Call number

HQ77 .G37

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Collection

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Publication

Routledge (1991), Edition: 1ST, Hardcover, 456 pages

Description

Beginning with the bold claim, "There can be no culture without the transvestite," Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West's recurring fascination with it. Rich in anecdote and insight, Vested Interests offers a provocative and entertaining view of our ongoing obsession with dressing up--and with the power of clothes.

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A most excellent, wide-ranging look at transvestism and gender-bending in the arts and in everyday life.

Subjects

Transvestism
Transvestites

Language

English

Physical description

456 p.; 10.1 inches

ISBN

0415900727 / 9780415900720

Local notes

OCLC = 19
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