The drag queen anthology : the absolutely fabulous but flawlessly customary world of female impersonators / Steven P. Schacht with Lisa Underwood, editors.

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9780203057094
0203057090
9781560232858
1560232854
9781136569289
1136569286
9781136569425
1136569421
9781136569357
1136569359
1283962942
9781283962940

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Journal of homosexuality.

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Drag queen anthology.DDC classification:

305.3 22

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HQ77 .D68 2004eb

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The absolutely fabulous but flawlessly customary world of drag queens and female impersonators / Steven P. Schacht, Lisa Underwood -- A lovely war : male to female cross-dressing and Canadian military entertainment in World War II / Laurel Halladay -- Wigs, laughter, and subversion : Charles Busch and strategies of drag performance / Richard Niles -- The beauty and the beast : reflections about the socio-historical and subcultural context of drag queens and "Tunten" in Berlin / Carsten Balzer -- Moffies, artists, and queens : race and the production of South African gay male drag / Amanda Lock Swarr -- Ad/dressing the nation : drag and authenticity in post-apartheid South Africa / Jennifer Spruill -- Chicks with dicks, men in dresses : what it means to be a drag queen / Verta Taylor, Leila J. Rupp -- "Let the drag race begin" : the rewards of becoming a queen / Steven J. Hopkins -- Transformance : reading the gospel in drag / Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. -- Kind of a drag : gender, race, and ambivalence in The birdcage and To Wong Foo, thanks for everything! Julie Newmar / Mary Kirk -- Racializing white drag / Ragan Rhyne -- Balancing acts : drag queens, gender and faith / Constance R. Sullivan-Blum -- A comparative analysis of Hijras and drag queens : the subversive possibilities and limits of parading effeminacy and negotiating masculinity / Sandeep Bakshi -- Beyond the boundaries of the classroom : teaching about gender and sexuality at a drag show / Steven P. Schacht.

Summary: Examine the cultural and political implications of male-to-female gender performance! The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators examines the phenomena of male-to-female gender performance and the people who live it. This provocative collection of original essays explores the possibilities, limitations, ironies, and controversies surrounding men who perform as women to an audience that knows the truth but celebrates the illusion. The book's contributors call on extensive backgrounds in sociology, anthropology, theater, liter.

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"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of homosexuality, volume 46, numbers 3/4 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examine the cultural and political implications of male-to-female gender performance! The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators examines the phenomena of male-to-female gender performance and the people who live it. This provocative collection of original essays explores the possibilities, limitations, ironies, and controversies surrounding men who perform as women to an audience that knows the truth but celebrates the illusion. The book's contributors call on extensive backgrounds in sociology, anthropology, theater, liter.

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