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The Un-Natural State: Arkansas and the Queer South
Brock Thompson
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Description for The Un-Natural State: Arkansas and the Queer South
Hardcover. Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library. Num Pages: 275 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; HBJK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
The Un-Natural State is a one-of-a-kind study of gay and lesbian life in Arkansas in the twentieth century, a deft weaving together of Arkansas history, dozens of oral histories, and Brock Thompson's own story. Thompson analyzes the meaning of rural drag shows, including a compelling description of a 1930s seasonal beauty pageant in Wilson, Arkansas, where white men in drag shared the stage with other white men in blackface, a suggestive mingling that went to the core of both racial transgression and sexual disobedience. These small town entertainments put on in churches and schools emerged decades later in gay bars ... Read more
The Un-Natural State is a one-of-a-kind study of gay and lesbian life in Arkansas in the twentieth century, a deft weaving together of Arkansas history, dozens of oral histories, and Brock Thompson's own story. Thompson analyzes the meaning of rural drag shows, including a compelling description of a 1930s seasonal beauty pageant in Wilson, Arkansas, where white men in drag shared the stage with other white men in blackface, a suggestive mingling that went to the core of both racial transgression and sexual disobedience. These small town entertainments put on in churches and schools emerged decades later in gay bars ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557289438
SKU
V9781557289438
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About Brock Thompson
Brock Thompson received his PhD in American studies at King’s College, University of London. A native Arkansan, he now lives in Washington, DC, and works at the Library of Congress.
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