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It's a Drag: Cross-Dressing in Performance

It's a Drag: Cross-Dressing in Performance

Tennant, Janet

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ISBN10: 149305905X
ISBN13: 9781493059058
Publisher: Applause Theatre Books
Published: Aug 15 2022
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.70
Language: English

From ancient Greek actors to all-male Elizabethan casts to the drag queens of today, cross-dressing performers have been around for nearly as long as live performance itself. In It's a Drag, Janet Tennant provides a fascinating and colorful look at performing artists who adopt the characters and dress of others. With a particular focus on theatrical history in Britain and North America, Tennant also turns to modern performers like RuPaul, Mj Rodriquez, David Bowie, and Billy Porter. She surveys the many reasons that performers have cross-dressed over the years, whether to tell stories, to amuse audiences, to create distinctive alter egos, to call attention to social and political issues--or merely for reasons of expediency.

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