The drag queens of New York : an illustrated field guide /
"Why drag? Why now? Why New York? The current generation of New York drag queens has tossed aside the dour stigma of their pioneering forebearers. Redesigned for the nineties, they now stand proudly at the forefront of a mass media juggernaut, leading an ever-widening circle of enthusiastic dev...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Riverhead Books,
[1996]
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| Summary: | "Why drag? Why now? Why New York? The current generation of New York drag queens has tossed aside the dour stigma of their pioneering forebearers. Redesigned for the nineties, they now stand proudly at the forefront of a mass media juggernaut, leading an ever-widening circle of enthusiastic devotees into the breach of the next millennium. Now for the first time, learn the true story of the world's most productive drag queen ecosystem and how its ranks have maintained their fragile niche within the often turbulent and unforgiving biosphere of New York's cultural life. Discover the origin of the species, the history of its evolution, and remarkable flip side of natural selection. Featuring... Who taught the supermodels how walk that walk... 14th Street: The Champs Elyseés of the wiggy set?... Club Queen, Theatre Queen, Cable Queen, Star... The secrets of beauty, glamour, and narcissism... The realities of realness... Drag Genealogy... The Perils of Perfidia... Sex and the Single Queen. Learn how these gentle giants click their heels even when they're eight inches off the ground. Meet the Drag Queens of New York.... And pay no attention to that man behind the curtain..."--Page [4] of cover. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1573225525 9781573225526 |