Valerie R. Hotchkiss

Clothes Make the Man (eBook, ePUB)

Female Cross Dressing in Medieval Europe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135231712
• Artikelnr.: 38265215

Autorenporträt

Hotchkiss, Valerie R.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Female Men of God: Cross Dressing in Medieval Hagiography
Lives and Death of Hildegund Von Schsnau
Transvestism on Trial: The Case of Jeanne D'Arc
Female Pope and the Sin of Male Disguise
Disguised Wife Gender Inversion and Gender COnformity
Cross Dressing and Sexuality
Conclusions
Hagiographic Appendix: The Lives of the Transvestite Saints
Notes
Bibliography
Index