Abstract
The article argues that its contemporary anthropology (rather than sexology) provides an interesting perspective on the pioneering transsexual text Man into Woman (1933). The early twentieth-century work of Bogoraz and others on the 'transformed shaman' of the Pacific NW provides a perspective on gender-shifting which is in some ways close to the text's emphasis on magic and performance. Bogoraz is in turn taken up by Wyndham Lewis in The Art of Being Ruled: Lewis's thinking on gender plasticity provides some comparisons with the Lili Elbe story.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Man into Woman |
Subtitle of host publication | A Comparative Scholarly Edition |
Editors | Pamela Caughie, Sabine Meyer |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Bloomsbury |
Pages | 245-253 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Print) | 1350021490 |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2020 |
Keywords
- Lili Elbe
- transsexualism
- sexology
- Wyndham Lewis
- Bogoras
- van Gennep
- Man into Woman
- anthropology