Butch Queens up in Pumps Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit |
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| Author:
| Bailey, Marlon M. |
| Series title: | Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-472-05196-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.