Format:
xv, 245 Seiten :
,
18 Illustrationen und Porträts ;
,
24 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-520-39332-5
Series Statement:
Berkeley series in British studies 23
Content:
"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"--
Note:
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?
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-520-39333-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Crossdressing
;
History
