The answers to these questions-and much, much more-are to be found in The Changing Room, which traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages …
It's Saturday night in Key West and the Girlie Show is about to begin at the 801 Cabaret. The girls have been outside on the sidewalk all evening, seducing passersby into coming in for …
Contemporary Feminist Theatres is a major evaluation of the forms feminism has taken in the theatre since 1968. Lizbeth Goodman provides a provocative and interdisciplinary study …
L Ferris - Controversies on Cross-Dressing, London, 1993 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Cross-dressing in theatrical performance has generated a controversial, and at times contentious, debate during the last decade. Are cross-dressed women making politicized …
LJ Rupp, V Taylor, EI Shapiro - Sexualities, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we use case studies of two different drag performance collectives, the 801 Girls, a drag queen troupe in Key West, Florida, and the Disposable Boy Toys, a political …
Wark brings together a wide range of artists, including Lisa Steele, Martha Rosler, Lynda Benglis, Gillian Collyer, Margaret Dragu, and Sylvie Tourangeau, and provides detailed …
A study exploring the role of Latina women in theater performance, literature, and criticism. Arrizón's examination of Latina performance spans the twentieth century, beginning with oral …
V Taylor, LJ Rupp - Journal of homosexuality, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
One of the burning questions about drag queens among both scholars and audiences is whether they are more gender-revolutionaries than gender-conservatives. Do they primarily …
E Shapiro - Gender & Society, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This case study of the feminist drag troupe the Disposable Boy Toys (DBT) examines the relationship between drag and gender identity. Drawing on multiple methods, the author …