Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Cross-Dressed Women as American Ideals (1908–1921)
6. 1. Moving Picture Uplift and the Female 23
7. 2. Cowboy Girls, Girl Spies, and the Homoerotic Frontier 54
8. Intermezzo: Codes of Deviance (1892–1914)
9. 3. Cultural Hierarchy and the Detection of Sexual Deviance in A Florida Enchantment 93
10. Part II: The Emergence of Lesbian Legibility (1921–1934)
11. 4. Enter the Lesbian: Cosmopolitanism, Trousers, and Lesbians in the 1920s 121
12. 5. The Lesbian Vogue and Backlash against Cross-Dressed Women in the 1930s 169
13. Conclusion 224
14. Appendix: U.S. Films Featuring Cross-Dressed Women, 1904–1934 227
15. Notes 247
16. Bibliography 281
17. Index 293
18. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 313