The Queerest Art. Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater.
Solomon
From Shakespeare's gender-bending play Twelfth Night to the the critically-acclaimed Broadway hit Angels in America, from 17th century kabuki theater of Japanperformed by cross-dressing prostitutesto the NEA-denounced performance art of Holly Hughes, theater has long beenas co-editor Alisa Solomon terms itthe 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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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