Queering drag : redefining the discourse of gender-bending /

"Theatrical gender-bending, also called drag, is a popular form of entertainment and a subject of scholarly study. However, most drag studies do not question the standard words and ideas used to convey this performance genre. Drawing on a rich body of archival and ethnographic research, Meredit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heller, Meredith (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Drag performance > History. Drag queens. Drag kings. Female impersonators. Male impersonators. Gender identity in the theater. Queer theory. Acteurs travestis. Actrices travesties. Identité de genre au théâtre. Théorie queer. Spectacles de drags > Histoire. Drag kings Drag performance Drag queens Female impersonators Gender identity in the theater Male impersonators Queer theory Drag. Drag performers. History

Table of Contents:

What's in a name? Redefining the discourse of gender-bending
"Masculine women, feminine men": variety and vaudevillian male impersonators
Mythical, "sexless" characters: identity borders in El Teatro Campesino
The "first punch" at Stonewall: counteridentification butch acts
Bent means "not quite straight": kinging as disidentification
Conclusion: bending rhetoric.