ABSTRACT
Male masquerades were seen as problematic, but male disguises emerged as a cornerstone of both nineteenth-century fashion and moral behavior. The man was not allowed to put on a show, but he could put one over on anyone he liked. Double identity, double entendres, even double lives were acceptable to any who could master their challenges. His duplicity depended, in fact, on his ability to bring the masquerades of others into his service (Matlock 57).
