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Butch Queens Up in Pumps - Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit (Hardcover)
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Butch Queens Up in Pumps - Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit (Hardcover)
Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance
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This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the urban
phenomenon known as Ballroom culture that first gained notoriety in
the documentary Paris Is Burning in 1990. Butch Queens Up in Pumps
uniquely explores the ways in which Black LGBT people in Detroit
use performance and other cultural practices—such as alternative
identity, kinship, and community formations—to contend with or
alter the conditions in which they live. Butch Queens Up in Pumps
is as much an examination of Black queer cultural formations as it
is an ethnographic account of Ballroom culture in Detroit. Marlon
M. Bailey’s rare perspective as both participant and observer in
the Ballroom scene makes for compelling reading and lends his
analysis an uncommon immediacy and authenticity, producing a
remarkable performance ethnography that delves deeply into this
subcultural phenomenon. The book will appeal to scholars and
students across a wide range of disciplines, including African
American studies, gender and sexuality studies, performance
studies, dance, and anthropology, and to anyone interested in the
politics, prevention, and activism surrounding HIV/AIDS.
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Imprint: |
The University of Michigan Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance |
Release date: |
August 2013 |
First published: |
August 2013 |
Authors: |
Marlon M Bailey
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
296 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-472-07196-8 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-472-07196-3 |
Barcode: |
9780472071968 |
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