Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880

Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880

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Main Author: Eichenlaub, Kathryn L.
Language:English
Published: Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK 2010
Subjects:
Gender
History
cross dressing
Civil War
19th Century
Bloomers
power
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1273686010
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-oberlin12736860102021-08-03T05:42:16Z Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880 Eichenlaub, Kathryn L. Gender History cross dressing Civil War 19th Century Bloomers Gender power Between 1850 and 1880, Americans obsessed over cross-dressing women. Many women donned the breeches: ruined young daughters of respectable families, honest but poor girls looking for a living, and unseemly women who wished either to explore public places or prostitute themselves. This huge variation in station and intention of cross-dressing women allows an exploration of Victorian identity markers ¿¿¿¿¿¿“ not just gender, but also race, class, and respectability. Many of these young ladies were described as Romantic adventurers ¿¿¿¿¿¿“ they had heroic and beautiful, but often ultimately tragic, experiences. By studying the social reaction to these individuals, we discover that cross-dressing, paradoxically, was not always socially threatening. Instead the level of acceptance was related to the degree of conformity to both gender and other forms of social status markers. 2010 English text Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1273686010 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1273686010 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: some rights reserved. It is licensed for use under a Creative Commons license. Specific terms and permissions are available from this document's record in the OhioLINK ETD Center.
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language English
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topic Gender
History
cross dressing
Civil War
19th Century
Bloomers
Gender
power
spellingShingle Gender
History
cross dressing
Civil War
19th Century
Bloomers
Gender
power
Eichenlaub, Kathryn L.
Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880
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title Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880
title_short Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880
title_full Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880
title_fullStr Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880
title_full_unstemmed Putting On Her Man Pants: Social Reaction to Female Cross-Dressing and Gender Transgression in America 1850-1880
title_sort putting on her man pants: social reaction to female cross-dressing and gender transgression in america 1850-1880
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