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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dekker, Rudolf M., 1951- Tradition of female transvestism in early modern Europe. Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1989 (OCoLC)647146974 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Rudolf M Dekker; Lotte C van de Pol |
ISBN: | 0333412532 9780333412534 0333412524 9780333412527 |
OCLC Number: | 59096521 |
Language Note: | Translated from the Dutch. |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | xv, 128 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Women who live as men; motives and tradition; sexuality; condemnation and praise. |
Responsibility: | Rudolf M. Dekker and Lotte C. van de Pol ; [translation by Judy Marcure and Lotte C. van de Pol] ; foreword by Peter Burke. |
Abstract:
In 17th and 18th century Europe, especially Holland, England and Germany, there existed an underground tradition of female cross-dressing within the popular culture. 114 Dutch cases of cross-dressing are discussed here, covering why they chose to change gender and the reactions they received.
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- Vrouwen.
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- Women -- Sexual behavior.
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