Marjorie B. Garber

William R Kenan Jr Professor of English and of Visual and Environmental Studies Marjorie Garber

Explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of Western civilization's fascination with it

Cross-dressing & Cultural Anxiety

Vested Interests

A revolutionary and wide-ranging examination of transvestism ranging from Shakespeare and Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde and Peter Pan, from transsexual surgery and transvestite sororities to Madonna and Flip Wilson. The author examines the nature and importance of cross-dressing and society's recurring fascination with it. 40 pages of inserts, 8 in color.

Vested Interests Cross-dressing & Cultural Anxiety