The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe by Rudolf M. Dekker; Lotte Van de Pol

The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe

Rudolf M. Dekker; Lotte Van de Pol

In 17th- and 18th-century Europe, especially in Holland, England, and Germany, many women chose to dress and live as men. Based upon 119 well-documented Dutch cases of female transvestism, this study reveals how these women adapted to male life and why. Special attention is devoted to transvestism by one partner as the only way in which lesbian love was conceivable during the time.

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ISBN 9780312173340
Genre History; LGBT Studies/Social Sciences
Copyright Date 1989
Publication Date 1997
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 144
Language English
Rating NotRated
Subject History / Europe / General; History / General; Impersonators, Male; Male Impersonators; Transvestism
BookID 13466

Author: LFWBooks