Into the Closet
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Into the Closet

Cross-Dressing and the Gendered Body in Children's Literature and Film

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Into the Closet

Cross-Dressing and the Gendered Body in Children's Literature and Film

About this book

Into the Closet examines the representation of cross-dressing in a wide variety of children's fiction, ranging from picture books and junior fiction to teen films and novels for young adults. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the different types of cross-dressing found in children's narratives, raising a number of significant issues relating to the ideological construction of masculinity and femininity in books for younger readers.

Many literary and cultural critics have studied the cultural significance of adult cross-dressing, yet although cross-dressing representations are plentiful in children's literature and film, very little critical attention has been paid to this subject to date. Into the Closet fills this critical gap. Cross-dressing demonstrates how gender is symbolically constructed through various items of clothing and apparel. It also has the ability to deconstruct notions of problematizing the relationship between sex and gender. Into the Closet is an important book for academics, teachers, and parents because it demonstrates how cross-dressing, rather than being taboo, is frequently used in children's literature and film as a strategy to educate (or enculturate) children about gender.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780415980081
eBook ISBN
9781136777288
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
LGBT Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Series Editorā€™s Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: Childrenā€™s Literature and the Cultural Discourse of Cross-Dressing
  10. Chapter 2: Three Models of Gender Disguise
  11. Chapter 3: Iconic Female Cross-Dressing: The Problem of Gender in Childrenā€™s Retellings of the Story of Joan of Arc
  12. Chapter 4: Reframing Masculinity: The Destabilizing Effect of the Female Cross-Dresser
  13. Chapter 5: Funny Boys: Masculinity, Misogyny, and the Carnivalesque in Childrenā€™s Male Cross-Dressing Literature
  14. Chapter 6: (Mis)Performing Gender through a Lens: Cross-Dressing in Childrenā€™s Cinema
  15. Chapter 7: Emerging Identities: Cross-Dressing and Sexuality in Adolescent Fiction
  16. Conclusion
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Name and Title Index
  20. Subject Index