Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety

by Marjorie Garber

Book Overview

Beginning with the bold claim, "There can be no culture without the transvestite," Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West's recurring fascination with it. Rich in anecdote and insight, Vested Interests offers a provocative and entertaining view of our ongoing obsession with dressing up--and with the power of clothes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415900727
• ISBN13: 9780415900720
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

crossdressing & acadamic insight

first off, i can't say i would recommend this book to someone who doesn't have a more academic background, flitting as it does from foucault to freud & back again, but i have to say that it's critique & thesis are well-reasoned, well-argued, & definitely well-referenced! it's like a cross dressing field guide in some ways... i found myself making up a list of movies/books to check out. even moreso, it's a great book for anyone wanting to study gender construction in general... as it gets at that shadowy figure inbetween the genders, who belies/affirms all the constructs...thank you marjorie garber!