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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... sentence - perhaps even the death penalty . But within four years she did the same thing again . The urge to do so must have been very strong . In her Amsterdam trial she said that ' she had never lusted after men ' , and her landlady ...
... sentence - perhaps even the death penalty . But within four years she did the same thing again . The urge to do so must have been very strong . In her Amsterdam trial she said that ' she had never lusted after men ' , and her landlady ...
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... sentence . No sentence is known for the third and fourth attempts . The fifth time , she also committed a theft and collected earnest- money more than once , so she was sentenced to a year in prison . The crimes against property she had ...
... sentence . No sentence is known for the third and fourth attempts . The fifth time , she also committed a theft and collected earnest- money more than once , so she was sentenced to a year in prison . The crimes against property she had ...
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... sentence , however , was whipping and twenty - five years exile from the city . Trijntje Barents was also sentenced to be whipped but she was not exiled . She was in fact kept in the city precisely because the intention was to keep the ...
... sentence , however , was whipping and twenty - five years exile from the city . Trijntje Barents was also sentenced to be whipped but she was not exiled . She was in fact kept in the city precisely because the intention was to keep the ...
Contents
Traditional Forms of Temporary Cross | 6 |
The Transformation | 13 |
The End of the Disguise | 19 |
Copyright | |
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