Investigating Gender as Performance
bys Diane Torr, Stephen Bottoms
- Auteur(s)
- Diane Torr, Stephen Bottoms
- Uitgever
- Ann Arbor : The University of Michican Press, 2010
- Omvang
- 291 p., geïllustreerd, 23 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780472051021
Why would women want to perform as men? Why is gender crossing so compelling, whether it happens onstage or in everyday life? What can drag performance teach, and what aesthetic, political, and personal questions does it raise? Performance artist Diane Torr has been experimenting with the performance of gender for thirty years—exploring everything from feminist go-go dancing to masculine power play. Sex, Drag, and Male Roles documents the evolution of Torr's work by blending first-person memoir and commentary from Torr with critical reflections and contextualization from leading performance critic Stephen J. Bottoms. The book includes a consideration of the long cultural history of female-to-male cross-dressing and concludes with Torr's "Do-It-Yourself" guide to becoming a "Man for a Day."
- Trefwoorden
- queer theory
- Locatie in de bibliotheek
- Kast 30 - 5: Seksualiteit ; gender en ruimte
- Opmerkingen
- Incl. bibliographical references and Index
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