ISBN:
1-135-23171-0
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1-283-84227-0
,
1-135-23172-9
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0-203-87110-3
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (204 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1991. The new Middle Ages ;
Series Statement:
1
Series Statement:
Garland reference library of the humanities ;
Series Statement:
Garland reference library of the humanities. New Middle Ages ;
DDC:
305.3
Keywords:
Transvestism Sources. History
;
Costume History Medieval, 500-1500.
;
Women History.
;
Men's clothing Psychological aspects.
;
Costume Religious aspects.
;
Costume Symbolic aspects
;
Christianity and culture
;
Civilization, Medieval.
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
BibliographyIndex
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203871102
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