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1001 beds : performances, essays, and travels /

This intimate autobiographical collage of Miller's professional and personal life reveals one of the celebrated creators of a crucial contemporary art form and a tireless advocate for the American dream of political equality for all citizens.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miller, Tim, 1958- (Author)
Other Authors: Johnson, Glen (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2006.
Series:Living out.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Editor's Introduction; Prologue: Memory and Facing the Future; Part I. New York Years; Performance N.Y.C.; Floor It!; Stories from Democracy in America; Live Boys; Buddy Systems: Two Excerpts; Liebestod on Hollywood Boulevard; Dogfight; Coda: John in the dream realm; Part II. Activism; Professional Autobiography, 1990; ACT UP; Civil Disobedience Weekend; 'The artist becomes really woven into the community as a worker"": Interview with Linda Frye Burnham; AIDS Test; Coda: A circle headed towards the future; Part III. Culture War; The NEA Four Case; Artist's Statement, 1989.
  • An Artist's Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1990Excerpts from Tim Miller's Deposition in Finley et al, vs. the National Endowment for the Arts et al., 1992; Two Supreme Court Reports, 1998; Oral argument: Tim Miller's Supreme Court report; The decision: A Supreme drag; An Anarchic, Subversive, Erotic Soul: Interview with Steven Durland; The Battle of Chattanooga; Coda: Notorious me; Part IV. The Teacher; Embodied Pedagogy; Suck, Spit, Chew, Swallow: A Performative Exploration of Men's Bodies; Jesus and the Queer Performance Artist; Coda: The maw of Hollywood; Part V. Us; Oklahoma!
  • Carnal GarageTokyo Tim; Us; Making Us: An Interview with John S. Gentile; Epilogue; 1001 Beds ; Acknowledgments; Bibliography.