"This stimulating collection of essays critically examines and
celebrates what, for centuries, many have deeply feared and many
others have known and cherished to be true-that theatre is, indeed,
the queerest art. The special ephermerality and perilousness of
queer existence on- and offstage make this volume's excellently
rendered project of documentation through performance, writing, and
publication not only admirable and necessary but urgent."--"The
Drama Review"
"A rich and varied collection, featuring the voices both of
academics and theatre practitioners."
--"American Theatre"
"Eclectic array of essays."
--"Theater Journal"
"The panel discussions...contributes a warm, witty and
deliciously rhetorical piece."
--"Lambda Book Report"
From Shakespeare's gender-bending play "Twelfth Night" to the
the critically-acclaimed Broadway hit "Angels in America," from
17th century kabuki theater of Japan--performed by cross-dressing
prostitutes--to the NEA-denounced performance art of Holly Hughes,
theater has long been--as co-editor Alisa Solomon terms it--the
queerest art.
The Queerest Art is a pioneering collection of essays by and
conversations among a diverse range of leading theater academics
and artists. The first anthology to bring scholars and makers of
queer theater into direct dialogue, the volume explores such
subjects as same-sex desire in Restoration comedy, the racialized
impact of colonial Shakespeare, the cuerpo politizado of a
performance artist in contemporary Los Angeles, and the
nitty-gritty of getting a queer show presented in Peoria. The
Queerest Art rereads the history of performance as a celebration
and critique of dissident sexualities, exploring the politics of
pleasure and the pleasure of politics that drive the theater.
Lively and accessible, The Queerest Art will be useful to
scholars, students, artists, and theater-goers alike interested in
what makes queer theater . . . and what makes theater queer.
Contributors include: Jill Dolan, Brian Freeman, Randy Gener,
George E. Haggerty, Holly Hughes, Ania Loomba, Tim Miller, JosA(c)
Esteban MuAoz, Deb Parks-Satterfield, Lola Pashalinski, Everett
Quinton, David RomAn, David Savran, Laurence Senelick, Don Shewey,
Carmelita Tropicana, Valerie Traub, Paula Vogel, Doric Wilson, and
Stacy Wolf.
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