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Author:   Nina Rapi ,  Maya Chowdhry
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781560231080

ISBN 10:   1560231084
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   31 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Contents List of Illustrations Introductions Representing the ‘Real’ Living Performance Part One: The Monstrous Feminine: Lesbian Aesthetics in Process Another Con-Text Vanishing in Your Face: Embodiment and Representation in Lesbian Dance Performance Shall We Dance? Identification Through Linguistic Tropes and Performance Part Two: The Lesbian Body in Performance Performing the Lesbian Body--The New Wave Get Your Feminism Off My Floppy: Seedy ROMs and Technical Tales Fleshing It Out Part Three: From Margin to Center: Subversion or Assimilation? Drama Queens: Ruling with a Rod of Irony From Stage to Screen and Back: Tash Fairbanks’ Nocturne (ital) Shedding Some Light on Lesbian Representation and the Performance of Lesbian Desire The Laugh That Dare Not Speak Its Name Fo(u)r Women: The Art of Collaboration It’s Queer Up North: Production Values: Sarah-Jane Interviews Tanja Farman Part Four: Writing the Self in Performance: Femmes and Butches, Drag Queens and Kings, Vampires and Clowns Performing Butch/Femme Theory Coming Out at Night--Performing as the Lesbian Vampire Rosie Lugosi Presentation of Self as Performance: The Birth of Queenie aka Valerie Mason-John Angela de Castro: Clown in a Cold Country Feminine and Masculine Personnas in Performance: Sade Huron: A Drag Queen with a Dick Drag Kings and Subjects Index

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