Vested Interests: Cross Dressing and Cultural Anxiety

Marjorie B. Garber

HarperPerennial, 1993 - Psychology - 443 pages

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. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Vested Interests: Cross Dressing and Cultural Anxiety
• Author: Marjorie B. Garber
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: HarperPerennial, 1993
• ISBN: 0060975245, 9780060975241
• Length: 443 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Human Sexuality; Social Science / Gender Studies; Social Science / Sociology / General