Cross Dressing, Sex, and Gender
In any society, the perception of femininity and masculinity is not necessarily dependent on female or male genitalia. Cross dressing, gender impersonation, and long-term masquerades of the opposite sex are commonplace throughout history.\ In contemporary American culture, the behavior occurs most often among male heterosexuals and homosexuals, sometimes for erotic pleasure, sometimes not. In the past, however, cross dressing was for the most part practiced more often by women than men....
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Not only surveys cross dressing and gender impersonation throughout history and in a variety of cultures but examines the medical, biological, psychological, and sociological findings that have been presented in modern scientific literature.
IntroductionPt. ICultural and Historical Background1Cross Dressing in Perspective32Mythology and History in the Ancient World233Cross Dressing and Social Status in the Middle Ages454Playing with Gender: Cross Dressing in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries745Cross-Dressing Women and Men946Challenges to the Hierarchy1137Women and Cross Dressing in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries1458Men, Gender Concepts, and Transvestism in the Nineteenth Century174Pt. IIModern Perspectives9The Development of the Medical Model20310Drag Queens and Cross Dressing on the Stage22611Transsexualism25312The Emergence of Organized Transvestism and Its Implications28013Current Explanations of Cross Dressing31214What To Do About Cross Dressing339Postscript360Guide to Further Reading and Research367Index373
\ From the Publisher"For all scholars of psychology and sexuality, as well as the literate general public, historian Vern Bullough and nurse Bonnie Bullough have done an invaluable service in providing an overview of the phenomenon of cross-dressing. . . . This book is an important resource."—Contemporary Psychology\ "[The book] synthesizes a vast array of original texts into a coherent picture of how culture structures gender and sexuality, even in its more uncommon forms. . . . An excellent addition to our understanding of these phenomena and a worthwhile resource for scholars, clinicians, and educators interested in sexuality and gender. The book should also prove very helpful to those struggling to understand these urges and behavior in themselves or in someone close to them."—Journal of Sex Education and Therapy\ "With so much media interest . . . the publication of this book is timely. . . . It is extremely accessible and clearly structured. Every example is extensively and usually primarily referenced. The authors aspire to accuracy. . . . They demonstrate to the reader that gender-bending and blending is nothing new."—Journal of Gender Studies\ "Painstakingly referenced and indexed, the book is a valuable resource for scholars and others interested in tracing gender-related phenomena through time. . . . An invaluable scholarly contribution."—Nursing History Review\ \ \
