ISBN:
9780520393332
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0520393333
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 245 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Berkeley series in British studies 23
Series Statement:
Berkeley series in British studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.760941
Keywords:
Drag queens / Great Britain / History
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Drag queens
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Great Britain
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History
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Electronic books
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History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Drag: A British History is a groundbreaking study of the sustained popularity and changing forms of male drag performance in modern Britain. With this book, Jacob Bloomfield provides fresh perspectives on drag and recovers previously neglected episodes in the history of the art form. Despite its transgressive associations, drag has persisted as an intrinsic, and common, part of British popular culture--drag artists have consistently asserted themselves as some of the most renowned and significant entertainers of their day. As Bloomfield demonstrates, drag was also at the center of public discussions around gender and sexuality in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from Victorian sex scandals to the 'permissive society' of the 1960s. This compelling new history demythologizes drag, stressing its ordinariness while affirming its important place in British cultural heritage"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Old Mother Riley and the modern dame -- Splinters : cross-dressing ex-servicemen on the interwar stage -- Danny La Rue : conservative drag in the 'permissive society' -- Skirting the censor : drag and the censorship of the British theatre, 1939-1968 -- Epilogue : how queer is drag?
DOI:
10.1525/9780520393332
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