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"For all scholars of psychology and sexuality, as well as the literate general public, historian Vern Bullough and nurse Bonnie Bullough have done an invaluable service in providing an overview of the phenomenon of cross-dressing... This book is an important resource."-Contemporary Psychology "[The book] synthesizes a vast array of original texts into a coherent picture of how culture structures gender and sexuality, even in its more uncommon forms... An excellent addition to our understanding of these phenomena and a worthwhile resource for scholars, clinicians, and educators interested in sexuality and gender. The book should also prove very helpful to those struggling to understand these urges and behavior in themselves or in someone close to them."-Journal of Sex Education and Therapy "With so much media interest ... the publication of this book is timely... It is extremely accessible and clearly structured. Every example is extensively and usually primarily referenced. The authors aspire to accuracy... They demonstrate to the reader that gender-bending and blending is nothing new."-Journal of Gender Studies "Painstakingly referenced and indexed, the book is a valuable resource for scholars and others interested in tracing gender-related phenomena through time... An invaluable scholarly contribution."-Nursing History Review
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent review of an extremely complex subject. Bullough and Bullough successfully provide the reader with a robust, even-handed, and authoritative overview of cross-dressing behaviour throughout history, and go on to provide a broad yet detailed description of current attitudes and modes of thinking in the medical and psychology communities.
This book is not a self-help text, although there is much that is tremendously insightful. Although pitched at quite a high level academically, the book is never dry and is surprisingly readable. For anyone wishing to know more about cross-dressing, from any perspective, this book will provide a goldmine of information.
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Gender 501
4 Aug 2001
Format:Paperback
This book might be a textbook for a first level graduate course in gender variance. If you've already read a lot on the subject, this book will help you to organize your thoughts (and your library). It's a wonderful survey, both from a historical standpoint and from a cross-cultural standpoint. There is also a critical, but sensible, review of the various biological, psychological and sociological explanations of gender variance. The authors suggest that no one explanation suffices; this book was written in 1993 and although a lot has been learned since then, I would guess that they would draw the same conclusion today if they were preparing a second edition. Which I hope they are! Either way, they also argue that gender variance is not a disease (but we already knew that, didn't we!) unless it causes other problems in the life of a particular individual. Although I have described this book as a "textbook", it isn't at all dry, musty and academic. There are endnotes for each chapter which you can reference for aditional reading, and rather than a bibliography the final chapter is the authors' well-thought out list of recommendations for additional reading. Because they tell you why they selected these books, you will find their recommendations very useful. An unusual book---a great textbook and a great read!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Sexological history of cross dressing
5 Feb 2003
Format:Hardcover
A marvelous read that goes well into the sexological depths of cross dressing. It resists a disease model approach discussion of gender variance and gives a more interdisciplinary account. Since the authors have been providing great contributions to the field of transgender studies for so long, they are easily able to provide historical analyses of cross dressing, sex and gender that are rivetting.
This is but one of the amazing texts in their treasure trove. It can easily be read by both scholars and a general reader since it is so accessible and well written.
8 REASONS FOR CROSS-DRESSING
1 Oct 2010
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Vern L. Bullough & Bonnie Bullough
Cross Dressing, Sex, & Gender
(Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993)
(Library of Congress call number: HQ77.B785 1993)
This is a comprehensive book on cross-dressing
from mythological times into the early 1990's.
Every reason for cross-dressing is included:
1. transsexualism; 2. homosexuality; 3. heterosexual sex-scripts;
4. theater; 5. stage impersonation of the other sex;
6. lesbians who wanted to 'marry' other women;
7. women who wanted the advantages of living as men;
8. drag queen prostitutes.
Once the various reasons for dressing in the clothes of the other sex
are better understood and distinguished from one another,
greater clarity will emerge.
For the present, this may be the best comprehensive book.
No general theory of cross-dressing is offered.
This book basically reports the history of cross-dressing.
Discover other books in this Internet bibliography:
"Cross-Dressing Bibliography".
James Leonard Park.
Cross Dressing, Sex, & Gender
(Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993)
(Library of Congress call number: HQ77.B785 1993)
This is a comprehensive book on cross-dressing
from mythological times into the early 1990's.
Every reason for cross-dressing is included:
1. transsexualism; 2. homosexuality; 3. heterosexual sex-scripts;
4. theater; 5. stage impersonation of the other sex;
6. lesbians who wanted to 'marry' other women;
7. women who wanted the advantages of living as men;
8. drag queen prostitutes.
Once the various reasons for dressing in the clothes of the other sex
are better understood and distinguished from one another,
greater clarity will emerge.
For the present, this may be the best comprehensive book.
No general theory of cross-dressing is offered.
This book basically reports the history of cross-dressing.
Discover other books in this Internet bibliography:
"Cross-Dressing Bibliography".
James Leonard Park.
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