Paris is burning : a queer film classic /

Contextualizes the documentary about the New York drag ball scene of the 1980s within the longer history of drag balls, practices of documentory, fervor of the culture wars, and issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hilderbrand, Lucas, 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2013]
Series:	Queer film classic.
Subjects:	Paris is burning (Motion picture) Gay men in motion pictures. Gay men > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs > 20th century. Race in motion pictures. Sex in motion pictures. African Americans in motion pictures. Cross-dressing in motion pictures. Cross-dressers > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs > 20th century. Drag queens > New York (State) > New York. Drag queens in motion pictures. Drag balls. Female impersonators in motion pictures. Female impersonators > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs > 20th century. Paris is burning (Film cinématographique) Homosexuels masculins au cinéma. Homosexuels masculins > New York (État) > New York > Mœurs et coutumes. Travestisme au cinéma. Travestis > New York (État) > New York > Mœurs et coutumes. Acteurs travestis au cinéma. Acteurs travestis > New York (État) > New York > Mœurs et coutumes. Bals de travestis. Race au cinéma. Sexualité au cinéma. Noirs américains au cinéma. Drag queens > New York (État) > New York. Sex in motion pictures Race in motion pictures African Americans in motion pictures Drag queens in motion pictures Drag queens Drag balls Cross-dressing in motion pictures Female impersonators in motion pictures Gay men in motion pictures Gay men > Social life and customs New York (State) > New York Gay men. Crossdressers. Drag queens. Female impersonators. Performing Arts.

Description
Summary:	Contextualizes the documentary about the New York drag ball scene of the 1980s within the longer history of drag balls, practices of documentory, fervor of the culture wars, and issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class.
Item Description:	The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:	162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm. Issued also in electronic format.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154), filmography (pages 155-157) and index.
ISBN:	9781551525198 1551525194