Unzipping gender : sex, cross-dressing and culture / Charlotte Suthrell.
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TextSeries: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford : Berg, 2004Description: xiii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781847888952 (ebook) :; 184788895X (ebook) :Subject(s): Transvestism | Transvestism -- Psychological aspects | Transvestites -- India | Transvestites -- Great Britain | Transvestism -- Cross-cultural studiesAdditional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 306.778 Online access: Click here to access online Summary: Drawing on primary fieldwork, 'Unzipping gender' offers a cross-cultural study of transvestism through an examination of transvestites in Britain and India. It tackles the question of whether or not transvestism is motivated by sex or gender, and challenges the divide that dominates Western theories of gender.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on primary fieldwork, 'Unzipping gender' offers a cross-cultural study of transvestism through an examination of transvestites in Britain and India. It tackles the question of whether or not transvestism is motivated by sex or gender, and challenges the divide that dominates Western theories of gender.
Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Berg, 2010. (Berg fashion library) Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to institutions subscribing through Oxford University Press.
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