The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Schacht, Steven P ^a   Underwood, Lisa ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Cross dressing; Drag queen; Effeminate; Female impersonation in a historical framework; Female impersonator; Masculinity; Nation; Race; Religion; Subversive; Third gender; Transgendered; Transgressive

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERFORMANCE; RACE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TRANSVESTISM;

ART; CLOTHING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; DRAMA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECREATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSVESTISM;

EID: 2342482459     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v46n03_01     Document Type: Review

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