Cross-Dressing as Transvestism in Children's Literature: An Analysis of a 'Gender-Performative' Model

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  • Victoria Flanagan

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl1999vol9no3art1353

Keywords:

Judith Butler, gender performativity, oppression, Mulan, patriarchal society, gender identity, 'cross-dressing', The Mouse The Thing and the Wand, Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure, The Subtle Princess, transgender

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1999-12-01

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“ Cross-Dressing as Transvestism in Children’s Literature: An Analysis of a ’Gender-Performative’ Model” (1999) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 9(3), pp. 5–14. doi:10.21153/pecl1999vol9no3art1353.

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