Open AccessBook
Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety
TLDR
The Transvestite Continuum: Liberace-Valentino-Elvis Conclusion a tergo : Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in Bed as discussed by the authors The Chic of Araby: Transvestitism and the Erotics of Cultural Appropriation 13.Abstract:
Introduction List of Plates Part One: Transvestite Logics 1. Dress Codes or the Theatricality of Difference 2. Cross-Dress for Success 3. The Transvestite's Progress 4. Spare Parts: The Surgical Construction of Gender 5. Fetish Envy 6. Breaking the Code: Transvestitism and Gay Identity Part Two: Transvestite Effects 7. Fear of Flying or Why is Peter Pan a Woman 8. Cherchez la Femme: Cross-Dressing in Detective Fiction 9. Religious Habits 10. Phantoms of the Opera: Actor, Diplomat, Transvestite, Spy 11. Black and White TV: Cross-Dressing the Colour Line 12. The Chic of Araby: Transvestitism and the Erotics of Cultural Appropriation 13.The Transvestite Continuum: Liberace-Valentino-Elvis Conclusion a tergo : Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in Bed.read more
Citations
More filters
Book
Paradoxes of gender
TL;DR: Lorber as discussed by the authors argues that gender is a product of socialization, subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation, and that it is a social institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences.
Journal ArticleDOI
IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: New Issues, New Directions
TL;DR: The study of identity forms a critical cornerstone within modern sociological thought as discussed by the authors, and identity studies have evolved and grown central to current sociological discourse, and the analysis of virtual identities now competes with research on identities established in the real world.
Book ChapterDOI
The social construction of gender.
TL;DR: Part One: PRINCIPLES OF GENDER CONSTRUCTION Doing Gender - Candace West and Don H Zimmerman Social Location and Gender-Role Attitudes - Karen Dugger A Comparison of Black and White Women Masculinities and Athletic Careers - Michael Messner Part Two: GENDE-MENTION in FAMILY LIFE 'Helped Put in a Quilt' - Karen V Hansen Men's Work and Male Intimacy in Nineteenth Century New England Bargaining with Patriarchy - Deniz Kandiyoti Family, Feminism, and Race in America
Journal ArticleDOI
Gender, Habitus and the Field: Pierre Bourdieu and the Limits of Reflexivity
TL;DR: The authors argue that the failure of certain theories of reflexive identity transformation to consider more fully issues connected to gender identity leads to an overemphasis on the expressive part of identity transformation.
Journal ArticleDOI
Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma
TL;DR: In this paper, the meaning and distinctive politics of "queerness" are discussed, and the implications of these politics for social movement theory and research are discussed. But the focus is on the deconstruction of identity categories, rather than the creation and negotiation of collective identities.
References
More filters