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Vested Interests Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

Name: Vested Interests By Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)
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Vested Interests by Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

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Beginning with the bold claim, ''There can be no culture without the transvestite,'' Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West's recurring fascination with it.

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Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety by Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

Beginning with the bold claim, There can be no culture without the transvestite, Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West's recurring fascination with it. Rich in anecdote and insight, Vested Interests offers a provocative and entertaining view of our ongoing obsession with dressing up--and with the power of clothes.

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Vested Interests is a political and emotional gold mine--beautifully illustrated, and written with wit, style, and with obvious love for the subject. Could you ask for more?. -- Kate Bornstein, Lambda Book Report
. . . erudite and exhilaratingly well-argued . . . her [Garber's] argument is both intricate and persuasive. -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett, The New York Times Book Review

About Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard

Introduction; Part 1 Tranvestite Logics; Chapter 1 Dress Codes, or the Theatricality of Difference; Chapter 2 Cross-Dress for Success; Chapter 3 The Transvestite's Progress; Chapter 4 Spare Parts; Chapter 5 Fetish Envy; Chapter 6 Breaking the Code; Part 2 Transvestite Effects; Chapter 7 Fear of Flying, or Why is Peter Pan a Woman?; Chapter 8 Cherchez La Femme; Chapter 9 Religious Habits; Chapter 10 Phantoms of the Opera; Chapter 11 Black and White TV; Chapter 12 The Chic of Araby; Chapter 13 The Transvestite Continuum Liberace-Valentino-Elvis; Chapter 14 Conclusion A Tergo;

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CIN0415919517A

ISBN 13

9780415919517

ISBN 10

0415919517

Title

Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety by Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

Author

Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

Condition

Used - Well Read

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

19971125

Number of pages

498

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Vested Interests Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

Vested Interests by Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

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Vested Interests Summary

Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety by Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

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About Marjorie Garber (Harvard University, USA)

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