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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series Editor's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Children's Literature and the Cultural Discourse of Cross-dressing
Chapter 2
Cross-dressing in Children's Literature and Film: Three Models of Gender Disguise
Chapter 3
Iconic Female Cross-dressing: The Problem of Gender in Children's Retellings of the Story of Joan of Arc
Chapter 4
Re-framing Masculinity: The De-stabilizing Effect of the Female Cross-dresser
Chapter 5
Funny Boys: Masculinity, Misogyny and the Carnivalesque in Children's Male Cross-dressing Literature
Chapter 6
(Mis)Performing Gender Through a Lens: Cross-dressing in Children's Cinema
Chapter 7
Emerging Identities: Cross-dressing and Sexuality in Adolescent Fiction
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
