Her Husband was a Woman!: Women's Gender-Crossing in Modern British Popular Culture

by Alison Oram

Book Overview

Tracking the changing representation of female gender-crossing in the press, this text breaks new ground to reveal findings where both desire between women and cross-gender identification are understood.

Her Husband was a Woman exposes real-life case studies from the British tabloids of women who successfully passed as men in everyday life, perhaps marrying other women or fighting for their country. Oram revises assumptions about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415400074
• ISBN13: 9780415400077
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"