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Girls will be boys cross-dressed women, lesbians, and American cinema, 1908-1934

Title
Girls will be boys [electronic resource] : cross-dressed women, lesbians, and American cinema, 1908-1934 / Laura Horak.
Author
Horak, Laura.
Publication
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 311 pages)
Uniform Title
Girls will be boys (Online)
Alternative Title
Girls will be boys (Online)
Subject
  • Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century
  • Male impersonators in motion pictures
  • Lesbians in motion pictures
  • Lesbianism in motion pictures
  • Sex role in motion pictures
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction -- Part 1. Cross-dressed women as American ideals (1908-1921) -- Moving picture uplift and the female boy -- Cowboy girls, girl spies, and the homoerotic frontier -- Intermezzo codes of deviance (1892-1914) -- Cultural hierarchy and the detection of sexual deviance in a Florida enchantment (1894 and 1914) -- Part 2. The emergence of lesbian legibility (1921-1934) -- Enter the lesbian: cosmopolitanism, trousers, and lesbians in the 1920s -- The lesbian vogue and backlash against cross-dressed women in the 1930s -- Conclusion -- Appendix: U.S. films featuring cross-dressed women, 1904-1934.
LCCN
2015012447
OCLC
ssj0001593189
Author
Horak, Laura.
Title
Girls will be boys [electronic resource] : cross-dressed women, lesbians, and American cinema, 1908-1934 / Laura Horak.
Imprint
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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