I Dream of Jeannie: Transsexual Striptease as Scientific Display

I Dream of Jeannie: Transsexual Striptease as Scientific Display

An analysis of a performance by a transsexual exotic dancer is offered. The "biological realism" of the surgically-altered transsexual is sharply contrasted to the illusory nature of transvestite performers. The transsexual's body and its surgical aspects are part of a single self-jus...

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Veröffentlicht in:TDR : Drama review 1991-04, Vol.35 (1), p.25-42
1. Verfasser: Meyer, Morris
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cross-dressers
Dancers & choreographers
Gender identity
Homosexuality
LGBT
Male homosexuality
Narratives
Pathology
Performance art
Queer culture
Sexes
Sexual behavior
Stripteases
Surgery
Theater
Transsexualism
Transsexuality
Transvestism
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Zusammenfassung:An analysis of a performance by a transsexual exotic dancer is offered. The "biological realism" of the surgically-altered transsexual is sharply contrasted to the illusory nature of transvestite performers. The transsexual's body and its surgical aspects are part of a single self-justifying and self-permitting narrative enactment.
ISSN:1054-2043
1531-4715
DOI:10.2307/1146108