Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 272 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 538 g
A British History
Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 272 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 538 g
Reihe: Berkeley Series in British Studies
ISBN: 978-0-520-39332-5
Verlag: University of California Press
A rich and provocative history of drag's importance in modern British culture.
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.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Old Mother Riley and the Modern Dame
2 Splinters: Cross-Dressing Ex-Servicemen on the Interwar Stage
3 Danny La Rue: Conservative Drag in the “Permissive Society”
4 Skirting the Censor: Drag and the Censorship of the British Theater, 1939–1968
Epilogue: How Queer Is Drag?
Notes
Bibliography
Index