The drag king anthology / Donna Jean Troka, Kathleen LeBesco, Jean Bobby Noble, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harrington Park Press, c2002.Description: 346 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1560233087
  • 9781560233084
  • 1560233095
  • 9781560233091
Uniform titles:
  • Journal of homosexuality ; v. 43, no. 3/4.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810.8/353 21
LOC classification:
  • PN2071.I47 D73 2002
Contents:
Grease cowboy fever: or, the making of Johnny T. / K. Bradford -- Me boy / Neeve "Amy" Neevel -- "I am the man!" : performing gender and other incongruities / Jay Sennett and Sarah Bay-Cheng -- Making kings / Colleen Ayoup and Julie Podmore -- Lesbian drag kings and the feminine embodiment of the masculine / Steven P. Schacht -- Capital drag: kinging in Washington, DC / Jennifer Lyn Patterson -- Kinging in the heartland: or, the power of marginality / Thomas Piontek -- Walk like a man: enactments and embodiments of masculinity and the potential for multiple genders / Sheila "Dragon Fly" Koenig -- Drag kings in the new wave: gender performance and participation / Kim Surkan -- A voice from the audience / Ann Tweedy -- One body, some genders: drag performances and technologies / Alana Kumbier -- Drag king magic: performing/becoming the other / Kathryn Rosenfeld -- Erotic arguments and persuasive acts: discourses of desire and the rhetoric of female-to-male drag / Tara Pauliny -- Seeing double, thinking twice: the Toronto drag kings and (re-)articulations of masculinity / Jean Bobby Noble -- Whose drag is it anyway?: drag kings and monarchy in the UK / Annabelle Willox -- Drag kings "down under": an archive and introspective of a few Aussie blokes / Vicki Crowley -- Personae / Pierre Dalpé -- Eugene does his nails / Stephanie Rogerson -- Autoportrait / Aaron Kimberly -- Drag king workshop advertisement / Tania Hammidi -- Performing masculinities / Melinda Hubman.
Awards:
  • Lambda Literary Award nominee, 2003: Transgender/Genderqueer.
Summary: "The Drag King Anthology examines the 'other side' of the drag culture -- female-to-male performers who embody masculinity as a statement of queer identity. This unique book dispels the myth that drag kings are simply 'women doing drag,' presenting entertaining and enlightening essays that address gender, sexuality, and feminism. Using prose, poetry, and photographs, an eclectic mix of scholars, performers, and fans offer cultural and political insights on the international growth and development of drag king troupes and communities."
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"The drag king anthology has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of homosexuality, volume 43, numbers 3/4 2002."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Grease cowboy fever: or, the making of Johnny T. / K. Bradford -- Me boy / Neeve "Amy" Neevel -- "I am the man!" : performing gender and other incongruities / Jay Sennett and Sarah Bay-Cheng -- Making kings / Colleen Ayoup and Julie Podmore -- Lesbian drag kings and the feminine embodiment of the masculine / Steven P. Schacht -- Capital drag: kinging in Washington, DC / Jennifer Lyn Patterson -- Kinging in the heartland: or, the power of marginality / Thomas Piontek -- Walk like a man: enactments and embodiments of masculinity and the potential for multiple genders / Sheila "Dragon Fly" Koenig -- Drag kings in the new wave: gender performance and participation / Kim Surkan -- A voice from the audience / Ann Tweedy -- One body, some genders: drag performances and technologies / Alana Kumbier -- Drag king magic: performing/becoming the other / Kathryn Rosenfeld -- Erotic arguments and persuasive acts: discourses of desire and the rhetoric of female-to-male drag / Tara Pauliny -- Seeing double, thinking twice: the Toronto drag kings and (re-)articulations of masculinity / Jean Bobby Noble -- Whose drag is it anyway?: drag kings and monarchy in the UK / Annabelle Willox -- Drag kings "down under": an archive and introspective of a few Aussie blokes / Vicki Crowley -- Personae / Pierre Dalpé -- Eugene does his nails / Stephanie Rogerson -- Autoportrait / Aaron Kimberly -- Drag king workshop advertisement / Tania Hammidi -- Performing masculinities / Melinda Hubman.

"The Drag King Anthology examines the 'other side' of the drag culture -- female-to-male performers who embody masculinity as a statement of queer identity. This unique book dispels the myth that drag kings are simply 'women doing drag,' presenting entertaining and enlightening essays that address gender, sexuality, and feminism. Using prose, poetry, and photographs, an eclectic mix of scholars, performers, and fans offer cultural and political insights on the international growth and development of drag king troupes and communities."

Lambda Literary Award nominee, 2003: Transgender/Genderqueer.

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