Clothes Make the Man : Female Cross Dressing in Medieval Europe
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
New Middle Ages
ISBN-10
081533771X
ISBN-13
9780815337713
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 1st, 1999
Print length
214 Pages
Weight
278 grams
Dimensions
13.70 x 21.50 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
European historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500Gender studies: women
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This book explores medieval society's fascination with the cross-dressed woman and examines a wide variety of sources which record attempts to overcome gender hierarchy and illustrate a desire to re-examine social gender identities.
In this book, the author explores medieval society''s fascination with the cross-dressed woman. The author examines a wide variety of religious, literary, and historical sources, which record interpretations of sartorial attempts to overcome gender hierarchy and also illustrate, mainly through the device of inversion, a remarkably sustained desire to examine and reexamine the nature of social gender identities.
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