String of Pearls: Stories About Cross-Dressing - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1863739149 ISBN 13: 9781863739146

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 1996

Synopsis

A girl draws a moustache on her lover's upper lip. A boy dresses as his mother for the police. A gathering of women don butcher's aprons. Lady Caroline Lamb dresses as a pageboy for Lord Byron. Prime Minister Alfred Deakin is given a lovely purple dress. A traveller from the Caribbean makes an ill-fated assignation. String of Pearls is a designer collection, bringing together some of our finest established authors and boldest new writers, to write about cross-dressing and push against the rigid boundaries by which we fence our desires. The stories are both provocative and subtle, skirting around sexual ambiguities, clothing as fetish, uniform as ritual and disguise as a vehicle for unveiling hidden truths. Contributors include Paul Allatson, Tony Ayres, Belinda Chayko, Gary Dunne, Nick Enright, Catherine Lazaroo, Gillian Mears, Fiona McGregor, Louis Nowra, Dorothy Porter, John A. Scott, Chad Taylor, Alana Valentine and William Yang.

About this title

About the Author

Tony Ayres is a Melbourne-based screenwriter whose film, The Long Ride, recently won Awgie and Afi awards. Tony has also been shortlisted for the 1995 Nsw Premier's Literary Award for his screenplay, Ghost Story, to be screened on the Abc in February 1996.

Synopsis

This anthology of stories explores new concepts of sexuality, gender, identity and dress sense. Contributors include Gillian Mears, Fiona McGregor, Gary Dunne, William Yang, Dorothy Porter and newcomers Kit Lazaroo and Alana Valentine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1863739149
• ISBN 13: 9781863739146
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 259
• Editor: Ayres Tony