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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... male homosexuals , although to a much more limited degree . Sodomites were often described as affecting female ways of talking and walking ; in Dutch ( mietje ) as in English there exist special words for an effeminate male homosexual ...
... male homosexuals , although to a much more limited degree . Sodomites were often described as affecting female ways of talking and walking ; in Dutch ( mietje ) as in English there exist special words for an effeminate male homosexual ...
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... male homosexual couples of the time , where it was also common that one partner took on the male role , and the other the female role.23 Only in the 1960s did homosexuals free themselves from the model of the traditional , gender ...
... male homosexual couples of the time , where it was also common that one partner took on the male role , and the other the female role.23 Only in the 1960s did homosexuals free themselves from the model of the traditional , gender ...
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... male homosexuality , but texts also existed which dealt with sexual contact ... homosexuals , only a few trials of a lesbian sexual relationship as a single ... male sodomites . Until the end of the eighteenth century , only in cases in ...
... male homosexuality , but texts also existed which dealt with sexual contact ... homosexuals , only a few trials of a lesbian sexual relationship as a single ... male sodomites . Until the end of the eighteenth century , only in cases in ...
Contents
Traditional Forms of Temporary Cross | 6 |
The Transformation | 13 |
The End of the Disguise | 19 |
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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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