The fierce tribe : masculine identity and performance in the Circuit /

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"In this ethnography that documents the folk nature of popular culture, Mickey Weems applies interdisciplinary interpretation to a subject that demands such a breakdown of intellectual boundaries. The Circuit, an expression of gay culture, comprises large dance events--gatherings, celebrations,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weems, Mickey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2008]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gay and lesbian dance parties > Social aspects > United States.
Gay culture > United States.
Gay men > United States > Identity.
Soirées dansantes homosexuelles > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Culture homosexuelle > États-Unis.
Homosexuels masculins > États-Unis > Identité.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
Gay culture
Gay men > Identity
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: fascists and whores
  • part I. Fierce:
  • Banishing the God of mediocrity
  • The few, the proud, the cracked
  • Thousands of dancing gay men
  • Fierceness
  • The girlfriends
  • Harm reduction
  • part II. Tribe: A history of festive homosexuality: 1700-1969 CE
  • A history of the Circuit(s): 1969 CE-present
  • A tale of two cities: NOLA and MIA
  • part III. Pulse: Popular dance
  • Axé
  • From marching soldier to dancing Queen
  • PART IV ecstasy
  • The DJ
  • Stepping out.

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