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Hollywood Androgyny

by Rebecca Bell-Metereau

Type
Studies
Subject
Sociology
Keywords
actors, sexuality, american cinema
Publishing date
1985
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Hardcover • 345 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)
ISBN-10
ISBN-13
0-231-05834-9
978-0-231-05834-6
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Book Presentation:
A renowned film scholar reveals the surprisingly frequent instances of cross-dressing, transvestism, and every kind of gender-bending in more than 250 films from Sylvia Scarlett to The Crying Game.

About the Author:
Recbecca Bell-Metereau spent two years in Africa in the Peace Corps, teaching at the Univesity of Chad, and serving as an interpreter for famine relief efforts in the Sahara. She received her masters and doctorate in literature and film studies from Indiana University, and has taught literature and film at southwest Texas state University since 1981.

See the publisher website: Columbia University Press

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