Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xii, 192 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Women's and gender history

Subject

1. Female-to-male transsexuals > Great Britain > History
2. Cross-dressing > Great Britain > History
3. Male impersonators > Great Britain > History
4. Lesbianism > Great Britain > History

Contents

1. 1900-late 1920s : the traditions of gender-crossing -- Work and war : masculinity, gender relations and the passing woman -- Sexuality, love and marriage : the gender-crossing woman as female husband -- The 1930s : entertaining modernity -- Gender-crossing and modern sexualities, 1928-39 -- 'The sheik was a she!' : the gigolo and cosmopolitanism in the 1930s -- The 1930s 'sex change' story : medical technology and physical transformation -- Gender and sexual identities since the 1940s -- 'Perverted passions' : sexual knowledge and popular culture, 1940-60.

Call number

1. JFE 08-2384

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-187) and index.

Author

1. Oram, Alison.

Title

1. Her husband was a woman! : women's gender-crossing in modern British popular culture / Alison Oram.

Imprint

1. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Series

1. Women's and gender history

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-187) and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents only
2. Publisher description

LCCN

1. 2007022516

ISBN

1. 9780415400060 (hbk.)
2. 0415400066 (hbk.)
3. 9780415400077 (pbk.)
4. 0415400074 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JFE 08-2384