Male Cross-Dressing and Transvestism in Renaissance Romances
Episodes of male cross-dressing, more than mere cliches of the genre of Renaissance romance, lend themselves to testing modern definitions of transvestism and to studying specific Renaissance notions about gender distinctions; they are also foci for veiled presentation and indrect discussion of homo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1988
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1988, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 605-619 |
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| Summary: | Episodes of male cross-dressing, more than mere cliches of the genre of Renaissance romance, lend themselves to testing modern definitions of transvestism and to studying specific Renaissance notions about gender distinctions; they are also foci for veiled presentation and indrect discussion of homosexuality. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540989 |