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The changing room: sex, drag, and theatre

by Senelick, Laurence

fromGender in Performance

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Whether it's Ziggy Stardust or a troupe of Kabuki actors, the evocative transvestite performer offers a subliminal homoerotic fantasy and provides the lasting image of the show long after its closing night. Theater historian and critic Senelick synthesizes an array of material f…

Reframing drag: beyond subversion and the status quo

by Stokoe, Kayte

fromRoutledge research in gender and society

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"Reframing Drag provides a critical survey of French and Anglo-American, queer and feminist theorizations of drag performance, placing these approaches in a dialogue with contemporary drag practice and the representation of drag in three literary texts. Challenging pervasive ass…

Reframing drag: beyond subversion and the status quo

by Stokoe, Kayte

fromRoutledge research in gender and society

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"Reframing Drag provides a critical survey of French and Anglo-American, queer and feminist theorizations of drag performance, placing these approaches in a dialogue with contemporary drag practice and the representation of drag in three literary texts. Challenging pervasive ass…

Transgender history

by Stryker, Susan

fromSeal studies

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An introduction to transgender terms and concepts -- A hundred years of transgender history -- Transgender liberation -- The difficult decades -- The current wave. Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronol…

Into the closet: cross-dressing and the gendered body in children'…

by Flanagan, Victoria

fromChildren's literature and culture

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"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…