Cross Dressing Sex And Gender

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Cross Dressing Sex And Gender

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Author : Vern L. Bullough
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 1993

Cross Dressing Sex And Gender written by Vern L. Bullough and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Psychology categories.

In any society, the perception of femininity and masculinity is not necessarily dependent on female or male genitalia. Cross dressing, gender impersonation, and long-term masquerades of the opposite sex are commonplace throughout history. In contemporary American culture, the behavior occurs most often among male heterosexuals and homosexuals, sometimes for erotic pleasure, sometimes not. In the past, however, cross dressing was for the most part practiced more often by women than men. Although males often burlesqued women and gave comic impersonations of them, they rarely attempted a change of public gender until the twentieth century. This phenomenon, according to Vern L. Bullough and Bonnie Bullough, has implications for any understanding of the changing relationships between the sexes in the twentieth century. In most Western societies, being a man and demonstrating masculinity is more highly prized than being a woman and displaying femininity. Some non-Western societies, however, are more tolerant and even encourage men to behave like women and women to act like men. Cross Dressing, Sex, and Gender not only surveys cross dressing and gender impersonation throughout history and in a variety of cultures but also examines the medical, biological, psychological, and sociological findings that have been presented in the modern scientific literature. This volume offers the results of the authors' research into contemporary gender issues and the search for explanations. After examining the various current theories regarding cross dressing and gender impersonation, the Bulloughs offer their own theory. This book, widely deemed a classic in its field, is the culmination of thirty years of research by the Bulloughs into gender impersonation and cross dressing. Their groundbreaking findings will be of interest to anyone involved in the debate over nature versus nurture, and have implications not only for scholars in the various social sciences and sex and gender studies, but for educators, nurses, physicians, feminists, gays, lesbians, and general readers. This work will be of more personal interest to anyone who identifies as a transvestite or transsexual or who has been classified by medical and psychiatric professionals as suffering from gender dysphoria. Cross Dressing, Sex, and Gender covers a wide range of cultures and periods. As the first comprehensive attempt to examine the phenomenon of cross dressing, it will be of interest to students and scholars of social history, sociology, nursing, and women's studies.

Crossdressing In Context Vol 1 Dress Gender

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Author : Gregory G. Bolich
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007-11

Crossdressing In Context Vol 1 Dress Gender written by Gregory G. Bolich and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with Reference categories.

The first in a five volume set, this book reestablishes dress as a foundational context for crossdressing. This major study demonstrates the interplay between sex, gender, and clothes, especially as these relate to transgender behaviors, of which crossdressing is the best-known.

Dress Gender Crossdressing In Context

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Author : Gregory G. Bolich
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007-11-01

Dress Gender Crossdressing In Context written by Gregory G. Bolich and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with Psychology categories.

The first in a five volume set, this book reestablishes dress as a foundational context for crossdressing. This major study demonstrates the interplay between sex, gender, and clothes, especially as these relate to transgender behaviors, of which crossdressing is the best-known.

Blending Genders

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Author : Richard Ekins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-03-11

Blending Genders written by Richard Ekins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-11 with Social Science categories.

First published in 1995, the book describes personal experiences of those who cross-dress and sex change, how they organise themselves socially - in both `outsider' and `respectable' communities. The contributors consider the dominant medical framework through which gender blending is so often seen and look at the treatment afforded gender blending in literature, the press and the recently emerged telephone sex lines. The book concludes with a discussion of the lively debates that have taken place concerning the politics of transgenderism in recent years, and examines its prominence in recent contributions to contemporary cultural theory and queer theory.

Male Femaling

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Author : Richard Ekins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-11

Male Femaling written by Richard Ekins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11 with Psychology categories.

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.

Transgender History Geography Crossdressing In Context

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Author : Bolich
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007-11

Transgender History Geography Crossdressing In Context written by Bolich and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with Reference categories.

The third in a landmark five volume study of transgender realities, with a focus on crossdressing, this fascinating volume offers a tour through history and around the world. Within these pages are found the most famous crossdressers of history and information as to what it means to be a transgender person in the various countries of the world today.

Fantastic Women

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Author : Annie Woodhouse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Fantastic Women written by Annie Woodhouse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Cross-dressers categories.

Based on original research in clubs, bars and private homes, this study explores the reasons why some men want to dress as women arguing that only by considering sexual politics can we reach any realistic assessment of transvestism.

Unzipping Gender

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Author : Charlotte Suthrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-04

Unzipping Gender written by Charlotte Suthrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04 with Social Science categories.

This work compares transvestism across cultures, in particular it compares transvestites in Britain with the Hijras of India. It considers how emotion, mythology, imagery, and beliefs influence ideas about sex and gender. The author challenges the straightforward binary divide that dominates Western theories of gender. She argues that sex and gender are really so closely connected that we need a more sophisticated response to the complex practice of transvestism. In order to gain a deeper understanding of sex and gender issues, it is imperative to examine underlying social and symbolic structures.

Into The Closet Gender And Cross Dressing In Children S Fiction

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Author : Victoria Flanagan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-08-21

Into The Closet Gender And Cross Dressing In Children S Fiction written by Victoria Flanagan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-21 with Literary Criticism categories.

Into the Closet examines the representation of cross-dressing in a wide variety of children’s fiction, ranging from picture books and junior fiction to teen films and novels for young adults. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the different types of cross-dressing found in children’s narratives, raising a number of significant issues relating to the ideological construction of masculinity and femininity in books for younger readers. Many literary and cultural critics have studied the cultural significance of adult cross-dressing, yet although cross-dressing representations are plentiful in children’s literature and film, very little critical attention has been paid to this subject to date. Into the Closet fills this critical gap. Cross-dressing demonstrates how gender is symbolically constructed through various items of clothing and apparel. It also has the ability to deconstruct notions of problematizing the relationship between sex and gender. Into the Closet is an important book for academics, teachers, and parents because it demonstrates how cross-dressing, rather than being taboo, is frequently used in children’s literature and film as a strategy to educate (or enculturate) children about gender.

Male To Female Crossdressing In Early Modern English Literature

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Author : Simone Chess
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-14

Male To Female Crossdressing In Early Modern English Literature written by Simone Chess and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with Literary Criticism categories.

This volume examines and theorizes the oft-ignored phenomenon of male-to-female (MTF) crossdressing in early modern drama, prose, and poetry, inviting MTF crossdressing episodes to take a fuller place alongside instances of female-to-male crossdressing and boy actors’ crossdressing, which have long held the spotlight in early modern gender studies. The author argues that MTF crossdressing episodes are especially rich sources for socially-oriented readings of queer gender—that crossdressers’ genders are constructed and represented in relation to romantic partners, communities, and broader social structures like marriage, economy, and sexuality. Further, she argues that these relational representations show that the crossdresser and his/her allies often benefit financially, socially, and erotically from his/her queer gender presentation, a corrective to the dominant idea that queer gender has always been associated with shame, containment, and correction. By attending to these relational and beneficial representations of MTF crossdressers in early modern literature, the volume helps to make a larger space for queer, genderqueer, male-bodied and queer-feminine representations in our conversations about early modern gender and sexuality.