Clothes Make the Man

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Clothes Make the Man

Female Cross Dressing in Medieval Europe

Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Gender studies: women and girls European history: medieval period, middle ages

Author: Valerie R. Hotchkiss

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Collection: New Middle Ages

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 12th November 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 962 Kb

ISBN: 9781135231712


In this book, the author explores medieval society's fascination with the cross-dressed woman. The author examines a wide variety of religious, literary, and historical sources, which record interpretations of sartorial attempts to overcome gender hierarchy and also illustrate, mainly through the device of inversion, a remarkably sustained desire to examine and reexamine the nature of social gender identities.

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