Gender reversals and gender cultures : anthropological and historical perspectives /

Gender reversals and gender cultures : anthropological and historical perspectives /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Sex role.
Gender identity.
Cross-dressing.
Transsexualism.
Taboo.
Androgyny (Psychology)
Androgyny (Psychology)
Gender identity.
Sex role.
Taboo.
Transsexualism.
Cross-dressing.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11118930
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Varying Form of Title:Gender reversals & gender cultures
Other authors / contributors:Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949-
ISBN:0203295714
9780203295717
0203428935
9780203428931
9780415114820
0415114829
9780415114837
0415114837
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:"The original essays in Gender Reversals and Gender Cultures explore the historical and cultural diversity of the experience of gender reversal over an exceptional geographical and chronological range. The contributors bring a unique mixture of perspectives to bear on the subject, with backgrounds in anthropology, history, literature, political science, comparative religion and women's studies. They reveal the complex relation of gender reversal to taboo, and show how differing attitudes reveal much about particular cultures."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Gender reversals and gender cultures. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996 0415114829
Description
Summary:"Gender Reversals and Gender Cultures" is a collection of specially commissioned essays taking a cross-cultural and cross-historical look at the phenomenon of gender change. The contributors document the universality of gender reversals, with chapters ranging from early Christianity, Hindu mythology, ancient Greek rites of Dionysos to Native American traditions and Western theatre. They examine how gender reversals are bound up with taboo, and how this underlies religious and ritual activity. <br> Contributors include Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, Judith Ochshorn, Winfried Schleiner, and Karen Jo Torjesen.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0203295714
9780203295717
0203428935
9780203428931
9780415114820
0415114829
9780415114837
0415114837

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