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Voguing: The Message traces the roots of this gay, black and Latino dance form, which appropriates and plays with poses and images from mainstream fashion. Footage from voguing competitions demonstrate their parody of fashion shows and how contestants are rated on the basis of movement, appearance a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bronstein, David (Director, Producer), Low, Dorothy (Director, Producer), Walworth, Jack (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: San Francisco, CA : Frameline, 1989.
Series:LGBT studies in video
Subjects:
Voguing (Dance) > History.
Voguing (Danse) > Histoire.
Voguing (Dance)
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Voguing: The Message traces the roots of this gay, black and Latino dance form, which appropriates and plays with poses and images from mainstream fashion. Footage from voguing competitions demonstrate their parody of fashion shows and how contestants are rated on the basis of movement, appearance and costume. A pre-Madonna primer, the documentary raises questions about race, sex, subcultural style and appropriation.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 16, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (13 min.).
Production Credits:Producers, directors, David Bronstein, Dorothy Low, Jack Walworth.