Format:
XVI, 540 Seiten :
,
100 Illustrationen und Portraits (schwarz-weiß).
ISBN:
0-415-10078-X
,
0-415-15986-5
Series Statement:
Gender in performance
Content:
Whether it's Ziggy Stardust or a troupe of Kabuki actors, the evocative transvestite performer offers a subliminal homoerotic fantasy and provides the lasting image of the show long after its closing night. Theater historian and critic Senelick synthesizes an array of material from archival research and a lifetime of theater-going to provide a cross-cultural record of cross-dressing on the stage. Pantomimists, dame comedians, principal boys, glamour drag artistes, androgyne rock stars, and male impersonators are traced from their roots in tribal ritual and Christian pageantry to today's forms, capturing the allure and excitement of gender-bending performance: its rebellion, its public spectacle, its amusements, its tragedies, its escapism. Senelick elucidates the dynamic between the theater as both mainstream forum and anti-establishment haven for misfits, ravers, radical activists, and outcasts. With 100 photographs, this book offers a voyeuristic vision of a lifestyle watched by many, but lived by few.--From publisher description.
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Theater
;
Personifikation
;
Geschlechterrolle
