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The Queerest Art. Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater.

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Description for The Queerest Art. Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater. Paperback. 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 theatre Editor(s): Solomon, Alisa; Minwalla, Framji. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Sexual Cultures
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814798119
SKU
V9780814798119
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Solomon
Alisa Solomon is Professor of English/Journalism at Baruch College-City University of New York, and of English and Theater at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she also serves as executive director for the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. Framji Minwalla is Assistant Professor of Drama at Dartmouth College. He is currently working on a book about the pedagogy of theater ... Read more

Reviews for The Queerest Art. Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater.
"A rich and varied collection, featuring the voices both of academics and theatre practitioners."
American Theatre
"The panel discussions...contributes a warm, witty and deliciously rhetorical piece."
Lambda Book Report
"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 ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Queerest Art. Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater.


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