Abstract:
Karin Hügel, "The Ban on Cross-dressing in
That a man should not lose his male supremacy in a patriarchal social order by not dressing like an ordinary woman is a plausible interpretation of the biblical ban on cross-dressing under the postulate of a hierarchical gender relationship to the disadvantage of women. However,
Violet Trefusis sketches herself clinging to Vita Sackville-West, who is dressed as a man.
Cf. M. A. Leaska / J. Phillips, "Trunken von Deiner Schönheit". Violet Trefusis an Vita Sackville-West (Berlin: Limes, 1993), p. 382, ill.
In the February 1910 issue of the British illustrated weekly magazine "Sketch", Virginia Stephen (Mrs. Woolf), can be seen on the far left as Prince Sanganya, dressed in fanciful oriental costume with a false beard and her face painted black beyond recognition, alongside five men. The Royal Navy was duped by the Dreadnought hoax.
Cf. D. Jones, The Girl Prince: Virginia Woolf, Race and the Dreadnought Hoax (London: Hurst, 2023), ill. 16.
The Oath of Love Between David and Jonathan
The crowned David is depicted with striking blonde hair that reaches down to the floor, and wearing a floor-length robe.
Simeon Solomon, David und Jonathan, 1854-1855, The Jewish Museum, London.
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