| Description |
xii, 198 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Cross-dressing, the theater, and gender struggle in early modern England / Jean. E. Howard -- Goethe's "women's parts played by men in the Roman theater" / translated by Isa Ragusa. The legacy of Goethe's mimetic stance / Lesley Ferris -- "When men women turn" / Jill Campbell -- Boys and girls together / Laurence Senelick -- The travesty dancer in nineteenth-century ballet / Lynn Garafola -- "I'm the queen of the bitches" / Marybeth Hamilton -- Sliding scales / Elizabeth Drorbaugh -- It's never too late to switch / Alisa Solomon -- Crisscrossing cultures / Peggy Phelan |
| Summary |
rings together for the first time essays which explore cross-dressing in theater, cabaret, opera and dance |
| Analysis |
Theatre Acting |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-190) and index |
| Audience |
General |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Subject |
Cross-dressing.
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Female impersonators.
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Feminism and theater.
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Impersonation.
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Sex role in literature.
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Theater and society.
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Theater -- Casting.
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Male impersonators.
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| Author |
Ferris, Lesley.
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| LC no. |
93006894 |
| ISBN |
0415062683 |
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0415062691 (paperback) |
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