Name: Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending (en Inglés)
Price: 54870.00 CLP
Availability: InStock
Author: Meredith Heller
ISBN: 9780253045669

portada Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Indiana University Press

Autor

Meredith Heller

Año

2020

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

250

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9780253045669

Categorías

Semántica y análisis del discurso

Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending (en Inglés)

Meredith Heller (Autor) · Indiana University Press · Tapa Blanda

Libro Nuevo

$ 54.870

$ 76.210

Ahorras: $ 21.340

28% descuento

Envío normal

Origen: Estados Unidos (Costos de importación incluídos en el precio)

Se enviará desde nuestra bodega entre el Viernes 17 de Mayo y el Martes 28 de Mayo.

Lo recibirás en cualquier lugar de Chile entre 1 y 3 días hábiles luego del envío.

Reseña del libro "Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending (en Inglés)"

Theatrical gender-bending, also called drag, is a popular form of entertainment and a subject of scholarly study. However, most drag studies do not question the standard words and ideas used to convey this performance genre. Drawing on a rich body of archival and ethnographic research, Meredith Heller illuminates diverse examples of theatrical gender-bending: male impersonation in variety and vaudeville (1860-1920); the "sexless" gender-bending of El Teatro Campesino (1960-1980); queer butch acts performed by black nightclub singers, such as Stormé DeLarverie, instigator of the Stonewall riots (1910-1970); and the range of acts that compose contemporary drag king shows. Heller highlights how, in each case, standard drag discourses do not sufficiently capture the complexity of performers' intents and methods, nor do they provide a strong enough foundation for holistically evaluating the impact of this work. Queering Drag offers redefinition of the genre centralized in the performer's construction and presentation of a "queer" version of hegemonic identity, and it models a new set of tools for analyzing drag as a process of intents and methods enacted to effect specific goals. This new drag discourse not only allows for more complete and accurate descriptions of drag acts, but it also facilitates more ethical discussions about the bodies, identities, and products of drag perfomers.