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In this original and unusual work, Lucy Chesser explores the persistent recurrence of cross-dressing and gender inversion within Australian cultural life. Examples of cross-dressing are to be found in almost every area of Australian historical enquiry, including Aboriginal-European relations and conflict, convict societies, the goldrushes, bushranging, the 1890s and its nationalist fiction, and World War One. The book compares and contrasts sustained life-long impersonations where women lived, worked and sometimes married as men, with other forms of cross-dressing such as public masquerades, cross-dressing on the stage, and the prosecution of men who sought sexual encounters while disguised as women. Parting with my sex is available by contacting the publisher at Sydney University Press. http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781920898311 Reviews Matthew Giles: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/literaryminded/2011/03/21/guest-review-matthew-giles-on-parting-with-my-sex-by-lucy-chesser/ Sharon Bickle, Australian Women's Book Review, p.22 http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/awsr/new_site/awbr_archive/AWBR_146_print.pdf Frank Bongiorno, Journal of Australian Colonial History, Vol. 13, 2011: 224-226 Tuff Muff, Gay News Network: http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/features/tuff-muff-lucy-chesser.html Andie Noonan, Star Observer: http://www.starobserver.com.au/play/entertainment-play/2008/11/05/cross-dressing-in-another-time/2488
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