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Record Number: 8001 Author(s)/Creator(s): Sponsler , Claire. Contributor(s): Title: Outlaw Masculinities: Drag, Blackface, and Late Medieval Laboring-Class Festiviities Source: Becoming Male in the Middle Ages.  Edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Bonnie Wheeler.  Garland Publishing, 1997.  Pages 321 - 347. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Blackface Entertainers Cross Dressing Gender Holidays and Festivals Masculinity Morris Dances Mummings Popular Culture Race and Racism Social Class Award Note: Geographic Area: Century: Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: This essay explores the laboring-class masculinities produced in late medieval England by the wearing of drag and blackface in mummings and morris dances. [Reproduced by permission of Garland Publishing at http://www.garlandpub.com]. Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Iowa Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1997. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0815328362

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