Vested interests : cross-dressing & cultural anxiety
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Vested interests : cross-dressing & cultural anxiety
Routledge, 1997
- : pbk
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"Routledge paperback edition 1997"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-425) and index
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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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1 Tranvestite Logics
- Chapter 1 Dress Codes, or the Theatricality of Difference
- Chapter 2 Cross-Dress for Success
- Chapter 3 The Transvestite's Progress
- Chapter 4 Spare Parts
- Chapter 5 Fetish Envy
- Chapter 6 Breaking the Code
- Part 2 Transvestite Effects
- Chapter 7 Fear of Flying, or Why is Peter Pan a Woman?
- Chapter 8 Cherchez La Femme
- Chapter 9 Religious Habits
- Chapter 10 Phantoms of the Opera
- Chapter 11 Black and White TV
- Chapter 12 The Chic of Araby
- Chapter 13 The Transvestite Continuum Liberace-Valentino-Elvis
- Chapter 14 Conclusion A Tergo
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