1st Edition

Female Impersonation

By Carol-Anne Tyler Copyright 2003
248 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

A feminist and psychoanalytic investigation of the contemporary fascination with impersonation. The questions raised by female impersonations in a wide range of contemporary media are considered.

Acknowledgments 1. The Feminine Look 2. Female Impersonation and Fetishism 3. Feminism, Racism, and Impersonation 4. Boys Will Be Girls: Drag and Transvestic Fetishism 5. The Supreme Sacrifice? Transsexual Impersonation 6. Theoretical Impersonation: Men and Feminism 7. Passing

Biography

Carole-Anne Tyler is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California at Riverside.