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Marjorie Garber
Vested Interests [PDF ebook]
Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety

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Beginning with the bold claim, ‘There can be no culture without the transvestite, ‘ Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West”s recurring fascination with it. Rich in anecdote and insight,

Vested Interests
offers a provocative and entertaining view of our ongoing obsession with dressing up–and with the power of clothes.

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Format PDF ● Pages 500 ● ISBN 9781136615788 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2552481 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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