Clothes Make the Man

This book explores medieval society's fascination with the cross-dressed woman and examines a wide variety of sources which record attempts to overcome gender hierarchy and illustrate a desire to re-examine social gender identities.

Auteur

Hotchkiss, Valerie R.

Résumé
In this book, the author explores medieval society's fascination with the cross-dressed woman. The author examines a wide variety of religious, literary, and historical sources, which record interpretations of sartorial attempts to overcome gender hierarchy and also illustrate, mainly through the device of inversion, a remarkably sustained desire to examine and reexamine the nature of social gender identities.

Contenu

Introduction Female Men of God: Cross Dressing in Medieval Hagiography Lives and Death of Hildegund Von Schsnau Transvestism on Trial: The Case of Jeanne D'Arc Female Pope and the Sin of Male Disguise Disguised Wife Gender Inversion and Gender COnformity Cross Dressing and Sexuality Conclusions Hagiographic Appendix: The Lives of the Transvestite Saints Notes Bibliography * Index