Butch Queens Up in Pumps : Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit /

"Butch Queens Up in Pumps examines Ballroom culture, in which inner-city LGBT individuals dress, dance, and vogue to compete for prizes and trophies. Participants are affiliated with a house, an alternative family structure typically named after haute couture designers and providing support to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bailey, Marlon M., 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sexual minorities.
Gay culture.
Gay and lesbian dance parties.
Drag queens.
Drag balls.
African American gays.
Minorites sexuelles > Michigan > Detroit.
Homosexuels noirs americains > Michigan > Detroit.
Culture homosexuelle > Michigan > Detroit.
Bals de travestis > Michigan > Detroit.
Soirees dansantes homosexuelles > Michigan > Detroit.
Sexual minorities > Michigan > Detroit.
African American gays > Michigan > Detroit.
Gay culture > Michigan > Detroit.
Drag queens > Michigan > Detroit.
Drag balls > Michigan > Detroit.
Gay and lesbian dance parties > Michigan > Detroit.
Michigan > Detroit.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : performing gender, creating kinship, forging community
  • "Ain't nothing like a Butch queen" : the gender system in ballroom culture
  • From home to house : ballroom houses, platonic parents, and overlapping kinship
  • "It's gonna get severe up in here" : ball events, ritualized performance, and black queer space
  • "They want us sick" : ballroom culture and the politics of HIV/AIDS
  • Epilogue: The future of ballroom culture.

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