Can two and a half centuries of female husbands inform (trans)gender history?
This article discusses female husbands as they have been depicted in written narratives from Henry Fielding's use in 1746 up until present day debates. Questions of the cultural issues of gender, transgenderism, and the social construction of lesbianism are considered in the context of female masculinity, of which female husbands are one example.
Clayton
Susan
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E.I.L.A., Universite Paris-Diderot, Paris, France. sclayton@eila.univ-paris-diderot.fr
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans