Long live the king : a genealogy of performative genders /

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Masculinity is no longer a monolithic category, if ever it was. Long Live the King is a solid piece of scholarship that explores in depth the drag king phenomenon as well as key theoretical texts by feminist, postcolonial and cultural thinkers. Maite Escudero-Alías delves into drag king culture and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Escudero-Alías, Maite (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
Temas:
Male impersonators.
Masculinity in popular culture.
Queer theory.
Gender identity.
Gender Identity
Actrices travesties.
Masculinité dans la culture populaire.
Théorie queer.
Identité de genre.
sex role.
Cultural studies.
Feminism & feminist theory.
Gay & Lesbian studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Male impersonators
Masculinity in popular culture
Queer theory
Drag King
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Masculinity is no longer a monolithic category, if ever it was. Long Live the King is a solid piece of scholarship that explores in depth the drag king phenomenon as well as key theoretical texts by feminist, postcolonial and cultural thinkers. Maite Escudero-Alías delves into drag king culture and highlights its relevance for the study of the relationship between gender, sex, race and sexuality. Introduced by a well-informed theoretical chapter that traces the roots of queer theory, Long Live the King provides the reader with a rigorous textual and cultural examination of drag kings' most innovative performances of masculinity in the USA and the UK. These chapters prove groundbreaking in their acute analyses of drag kings' acts in different media, ranging from still images to live performances, documentaries, mainstream television series and literature. Theory and analysis blend perfectly and Escudero-Alías's main contention in this research - the ambivalent nature of drag kings' performances of masculinity - is conducted convincingly. This book constitutes an invaluable contribution to the field of gender studies and a fair assessment of the political impact of minority artistic practices in contemporary culture.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443803052
1443803057

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