The Disruptive Comforts of Drag:: (Trans)Gender Performances among Prisoners of War in Russia, 1914–1920

Alon Rachamimov

The Disruptive Comforts of Drag: (Trans)Gender Performances among Prisoners of War in Russia, 1914–1920

Department of History

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Abstract

The theatrical activities of German-speaking POWs in Russia during World War I reflected the acute sense of masculine disempowerment experienced by the prisoners. At the center of this theatrical sociability were the female impersonators, usually young officers, who performed women's roles on the stage and often in everyday life in the camps.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	362-382
Number of pages	21
Journal	American Historical Review
Volume	111
Issue number	2
State	Published - 2006

Keywords

Area studies
Articles
Gender
Gender identity
Gender studies
History
Impersonators
Masculinity
Men
Performance
Prisoner of war camps
Prisoners
Prisoners of war
Prisoners of war & missing in action
Russia
Sex roles
Soldiers
Theater
Transgender persons
War
World War I
World War One
World wars

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