Milestones in Queer US Theatre

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-34768-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 291 g

Reihe: Milestones

This introduction to queer theatre and performance in the United States explores the pioneering artists that have shaped this ever-changing field across the past two centuries, through ten key moments and movements.

Designed for weekly use in queer and LGBTQ+ theatre courses, the ten chosen milestones move chronologically from nineteenth century shifts in the understanding of homosexuality through the queer postmodernist avant-garde to the rise of intersectionality and recognition of trans identities. This clear, dynamic framework uses ‘queer’ as a flexible and intersectional term, addressing sexualities and sexual identities, the people and groups who claim them, and the practices that challenge heteronormative structures.

Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sloan, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. The Invention of the Homosexual

2. Black Queerness in the Harlem Renaissance

3. Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movements

4. The Queer Avant-Garde

5. Lesbian and Feminist Performance in the 1980s and 1990s

6. The Broadway Musical

7. HIV/AIDS Activism

8. The Rise of Intersectionality and Queer of Color Critique

9. Trans Inclusion, Gender Expansion, & the New Queer Theatre

10. The Twenty-First Century

Glossary

Timeline

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Sloan is Assistant Professor of Theatre at DePauw University, USA. His research focuses on queer theatre, Latinx Theatre, and the history of actor training. His work has appeared in New England Theatre Journal and Theatre History Studies. He is active in the American Society for Theatre Research and the Mid-America Theatre Conference.