'As a Man I Exist; as a Woman I Live': Heterosexual Transvestism and the Contours of Gender and Sexuality in Postwar America.

Transvestism;Gender Studies;Transgender History;Virginia Prince and Transvestia;Sexual and Gender Subcultures;Crossdressing;American Culture;Humanities;American Culture

Hill, Robert S.Gunning, Sandra R. ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Transvestism;    Gender Studies;    Transgender History;    Virginia Prince and Transvestia;    Sexual and Gender Subcultures;    Crossdressing;    American Culture;    Humanities;    American Culture;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

While historians have written about gay, lesbian, and feminist identity and community formation in the United States, they have had little to say about the emergence of ;;transgender” social formations and collective activism. Through extensive archival research I have uncovered a vibrant underground print culture and organizational network created by a subculture of white males who practiced crossdressing and who identified as heterosexual transvestites in the decades following WWII. Using methods from history and gender studies, I consider how the social and cultural construction of heterosexual transvestism from the ground level enriches our understanding of the contours and meanings of postwar masculinities and femininities.