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Smoke and mirrors: Willy Clarkson and the role of disguises in inter-war England.(SECTION I ISSUES OF IDENTITY AND GENDER)

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From: Journal of Social History
Date: 20070322
Author:McLaren, Angus

 
  "I, who have studied disguise almost as deeply as the great Willy 
  Clarkson, will transform you into a perfect ruffian." 
  Sax Rohmer, The Golden Scorpion, 1919. 

The notion of the "historian as detective" has a long lineage. (1) Today social and cultural historians investigating questions of sex, gender or race frequently find themselves grappling with issues of masking and passing. (2) Dealing as they so often do with once tabooed topics, historians of sexuality are especially likely to see the need of reading against the grain, of searching for evidence of desires or ...

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