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Gender Reversals and Gender Cultures: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1996
ISBN
9780415114820, 0415114829, 0415114837, 9780415114837, 9780203295717
LCC
GN484.35 .G46 1996
Open Library ID
OL7483166M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2338893 bytes)
Pages
256\246
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

Gender Reversals and Gender Cultures is a collection of specially commissioned essays taking a cross cultural and cross historical perspective on the subject. The book documents the universality of gender reversals, with chapters ranging from early Christianity up to the present. It examines how gender reversals are bound up with taboo, and how this underlies various religious and ritual activities. Gender Reversals and Gender Cultures also shows how attitudes to gender-reversal can reveal much about a particular culture. Anne Bolin, Elon College, Judith Ochshorn, University of South Florida, Karen Torjesen, Claremont Graduate School, California, Julia Welch, Winfried Schleiner, Unive

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