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Hollywood androgyny /

Examines the use of transvestism and role changing as themes in motion pictures, and shows how these films reflect changing attitudes about men's and women's roles in American society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell-Metereau, Rebecca Louise (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1985.
Subjects:
Female impersonators in motion pictures.
Male impersonators in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States > History.
24.32 history of film art.
Motion pictures.
United States.
Filmschauspieler
Frauenrolle > Theater
Geschichte
Filmschauspielerin
Hosenrolle
Los Angeles- Hollywood
Films.
Androgynie.
American cinema films, to 1984. > Special themes: Androgyny
History.
Table of Contents:
  • An overview
  • Female impersonation before 1960
  • Male impersonation before 1960
  • 1960 to the present: new directions
  • 1960 to the present: other screens, other voices.