Drag histories, herstories and hairstories : drag in a changing scene. / edited by Mark Edward and Stephen Farrier.
| Other author | Edward, Mark (Professor of performance arts), editor. |
| Other author | Farrier, Stephen, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London : Methuen Drama, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Methuen drama engage Methuen drama engage. ^A1257769 |
| Contents | 1. Dragging up the past / Mark Edward and Stephen Farrier -- 2. 'Once upon a time, there was a tavern': metadrag and other uses of the past at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern / Ben Walters -- 3. Camp and drag in the mainstream: a critical study of the phenomenon of drag performance in the Northern British fun pubs, 1973-1993 / Chris D'Dray -- 4. Soldiers in skirts : cross-dressing ex-servicemen, sexuality, and censorship in post-war Britain / Jacob Bloomfield -- 5. Kinging the stage: male impersonators and drag kings, exploring shared historical narratives / Stephen Farrier -- 6. A kiss that breaks the spell: Japanese "Drag kings" and the homosocial culture of the Takarazuka Revue / Isabelle coy-dibley -- 7. Camp can be such a drag: approaches to understanding camp and drag / Simon Dodi -- 8. Vonni Diva: showgirl / Rosslyn Prosser -- 9. FagHag drag: penny arcade's archive of otherness / Joseph Mercier with Penny Arcade -- 10. Nobody's trash: Holly Woodlawn's Puerto Rican drag and the subversion of authorship / Gabriel Mayora -- 11. Bibi is a sissy: drag, death by silence and the journey to self-determination / Nando Messias -- 12. Mother Sally and the fig leaf: re/productions of a carnival character in Barbados / Nick Ishmael-Perkins -- 13. The buttcracker: dragging Ballet into queer places / Mark Edward and Helen Newall -- 14. Oh wow! He's queer! Queering Panto in Belfast: an interview with Ross Anderson-Doherty / Alyson Campbell and Trish McTighe -- 15. Wicked queens of Pantoland / Simon Sladen. |
| Abstract | "Drawing on rich interdisciplinary research that has laced the emerging subject of drag studies as an academic discipline, this book examines how drag performance is a political, socio-cultural practice with a widespread lineage throughout the history of performance. This volume maps the multi-threaded contexts of contemporary practices while rooting them in their fabulous historical past and memory. The book examines drag histories and what drag does with history, how it enacts or tells stories about remembering and the past. Featuring work about the USA, UK and Ireland, Japan, Australia, Brazil and Barbados, this book allows the reader to engage with a range of archival research including camp and history; ethnicity and drag; queering ballet through drag; the connections between drag king and queen history; queering pantomime performance; drag and military veterans; Puerto Rican drag performers and historical film."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 3, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Drag histories, herstories and hairstories. London : Methuen Drama, 2021 1350104361 9781350104365 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9781350104372 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 135010437X (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781350104389 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 1350104388 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |