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Contemporary drag practices and performers : drag in a changing scene. Volume 1 / edited by Mark Edward, Stephen Farrier.

Contributor(s): Edward, Mark [editor.] | Farrier, Stephen [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Methuen Drama engagePublisher: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2020Description: 240 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350082946 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Drag shows | Female impersonators | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 792.7 Summary: In recent years drag performance has moved from the fringes to emerge as a mainstream phenomenon, showcased on TV shows in the US and the UK. This collection offers a diverse range of critical engagements by drag performers, makers, scholars and writers reflecting on work from the UK, USA, Israel, Germany and Australia. Moving beyond discussions of gender theory, the essays consider contemporary drag performance practices, connecting them to the histories, communities and politics that produced them.
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In recent years drag performance has moved from the fringes to emerge as a mainstream phenomenon, showcased on TV shows in the US and the UK. This collection offers a diverse range of critical engagements by drag performers, makers, scholars and writers reflecting on work from the UK, USA, Israel, Germany and Australia. Moving beyond discussions of gender theory, the essays consider contemporary drag performance practices, connecting them to the histories, communities and politics that produced them.

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