Transvestophilia and gynemimesis
Performative strategies and feminist theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2165293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Fensham (0000-0002-0339-4848, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 483-497 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-2386 • E-ISSN: 1466-4348 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09502389600490291 |
| OpenAlex | W1993763939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article considers cross-dressing within feminist and cultural theory from the perspective of performance. It offers a close reading of the materiality of particular examples of transvestism, mostly drawn from the Australian context. The specificity of these performances reveals that bodies can both reproduce and fail to comply with discursive regimes of gender
Aesthetics · Art · Close reading · Context (archaeology · Culture theory · Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist theory · Human sexuality · Linguistics · Literature · Materiality (auditing · Performative utterance · Performativity · Perspective (graphical · Queer theory · Reading (process · Sociology · Transvestism · Visual arts · Anthropology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies
Vested Interests
Unbearable Weight
Unmarked
This Sex Which is Not One
Sexual / Textual Politics
Unmarked
Bodies that Matter
Gender Trouble
Postmodern Brecht
Reading Past the Heterosexual Imperative
Gender impersonation onstage
The actor as activator
Bodies That Matter
Travesties of Gender and Genre in Aristophanes' 'Thesmophoriazousae
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2011 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |