The Cockettes : acid drag & sexual anarchy /
"The influence of the Cockettes on American underground culture is present in every glittery sequin and candy-colored coiffure gracing our daily lives. Birthed in an LSD bathed commune in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in the fall of 1969, The Cockettes were a fever dream of sexua...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Port Townsend, WA :
Process Media,
[2020]
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| Summary: | "The influence of the Cockettes on American underground culture is present in every glittery sequin and candy-colored coiffure gracing our daily lives. Birthed in an LSD bathed commune in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in the fall of 1969, The Cockettes were a fever dream of sexual freedom and expression. They granted themselves names and identities that reflected their inner nature then put it all on the stage with elaborate costumes in anarchic musical productions. Gay, straight, bisexual, pansexual--The Cockettes were EVERYTHING. The photos here are shared from museums, magazines, private collections, and the archives of founding and long-time Cockette, Fayette Hauser"--Publisher's website "The Cockettes were a fever dream of sexual freedom and expression. They granted themselves names and identities that reflected their inner nature then put it all on the stage with elaborate costumes in anarchic musical productions. Gay, straight, bisexual, pansexual -- The Cockettes were everything. The photos here are shared from museums, magazines, private collections, and the archives of founding Cockette, Fayette Hauser"--Back cover |
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| Item Description: | "50th anniversary, 1969-1972"--Cover Includes index and chronology of shows. |
| Physical Description: | 349 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781934170779 1934170771 |