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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... role change was not only very drastic but also very abrupt : the entire transformation had to be accomplished between one moment and the next . The motives for such a radical change of identity must have been weighty indeed , but , as ...
... role change was not only very drastic but also very abrupt : the entire transformation had to be accomplished between one moment and the next . The motives for such a radical change of identity must have been weighty indeed , but , as ...
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... role of the other sex . This role exchange was socially accepted , but it disappeared in the nineteenth century under the influence of modern civilisation . There were never more than a handful of these persons in any tribe . In the ...
... role of the other sex . This role exchange was socially accepted , but it disappeared in the nineteenth century under the influence of modern civilisation . There were never more than a handful of these persons in any tribe . In the ...
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... role , and the other the female role.23 Only in the 1960s did homosexuals free themselves from the model of the traditional , gender - divided couple . The right was claimed to give love between two women or two men a place and a style ...
... role , and the other the female role.23 Only in the 1960s did homosexuals free themselves from the model of the traditional , gender - divided couple . The right was claimed to give love between two women or two men a place and a style ...
Contents
Traditional Forms of Temporary Cross | 6 |
The Transformation | 13 |
The End of the Disguise | 19 |
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