The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern EuropeIn 17th and 18th century Europe, especially Holland, England and Germany, so many women chose to dress and live as men, that an underground tradition of female transvestism within the popular culture can be detected. This study, based upon 119 well-documented Dutch cases of female transvestism, is the first of its kind and tells us how these women adapted to male life and why, once discovered, reactions to them were both fierce and varied. It also explores the reasons why they chose to change gender. Special attention is devoted to transvestism by one partner as the only way in which lesbian love was conceiveable in this period. |
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... Barbara Adriaens testified to a court of law in Amsterdam that she had been placed in a house of correction for two years by her family when she was thirteen years old because she had been ' drinking for three days in succession in bad ...
... Barbara Adriaens testified to a court of law in Amsterdam that she had been placed in a house of correction for two years by her family when she was thirteen years old because she had been ' drinking for three days in succession in bad ...
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... Barbara Adriaens , who narrowly escaped a death sentence in Amsterdam in 1632 , was living again as a man some years later in Groningen . Maria van Spanjen was unmasked no fewer than five times . The majority of the women on our list ...
... Barbara Adriaens , who narrowly escaped a death sentence in Amsterdam in 1632 , was living again as a man some years later in Groningen . Maria van Spanjen was unmasked no fewer than five times . The majority of the women on our list ...
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... Barbara Adriaens ' arrest in Amsterdam in 1632 , pressed for the pronouncement of the death penalty for her crimes . Jacob van de Vivere is a good example of ambiguity . In his popular collection of anecdotes , first printed in 1615 ...
... Barbara Adriaens ' arrest in Amsterdam in 1632 , pressed for the pronouncement of the death penalty for her crimes . Jacob van de Vivere is a good example of ambiguity . In his popular collection of anecdotes , first printed in 1615 ...
Contents
MOTIVES AND TRADITION | 25 |
The History of Sexuality | 47 |
CONDEMNATION AND PRAISE | 73 |
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The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe Rudolf M. Dekker,Lotte van de Pol No preview available - 1989 |
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