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Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret

Author : Leila J. Rupp
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022633645X
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret written by Leila J. Rupp and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Saturday night in Key West and the Girlie Show is about to begin at the 801 Cabaret. The girls have been outside on the sidewalk all evening, seducing passersby into coming in for the show. The club itself is packed tonight and smoke has filled the room. When the lights finally go down, statuesque blonds and stunning brunettes sporting black leather miniskirts, stiletto heels, and see-through lingerie take the stage. En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" blares on the house stereo. The crowd roars in approval. In this lively book, Leila J. Rupp and Verta Taylor take us on an entertaining tour through one of America's most overlooked subcultures: the world of the drag queen. They offer a penetrating glimpse into the lives of the 801 Girls, the troupe of queens who perform nightly at the 801 Cabaret for tourists and locals. Weaving together their fascinating life stories, their lavish costumes and eclectic music, their flamboyance and bitchiness, and their bawdy exchanges with one another and their audiences, the authors explore how drag queens smash the boundaries between gay and straight, man and woman, to make people think more deeply and realistically about sex and gender in America today. They also consider how the queens create a space that encourages camaraderie and acceptance among everyday people, no matter what their sexual preferences might be. Based on countless interviews with more than a dozen drag queens, more than three years of attendance at their outrageous performances, and even the authors' participation in the shows themselves, Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret is a witty and poignant portrait of gay life and culture. When they said life is a cabaret, they clearly meant the 801.

The Drag Queens of New York

Author : Julian Fleisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780044409946
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Drag Queens of New York written by Julian Fleisher and published by . This book was released on 1997-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the drag queens of New York in this illustrated field guide about dragging. From club queens and theatre queens to singing, dancing, acting and disc jockey queens, we get a brief history of New York drag and a glimpse of all the major players who pass behind the footlights.

Diary of a Drag Queen

Author : Crystal Rasmussen
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473560497
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Drag Queen written by Crystal Rasmussen and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2020 Life's a drag... Why not be a queen? 'Stories like the one where you shagged a 79-year-old builder and knocked over his sister's ashes while feeding him a Viagra. Or the time you crashed your car because you were giving a hand job in barely moving traffic and took your eye off the car in front. That's the kind of dinner-party ice-breaker I'm talking about.' Northern, working-class and shagging men three times her age, Crystal writes candidly about her search for 'the one'; sleeping with a VIP in an attempt to become a world famous journalist; getting hired and fired by a well-known fashion magazine; being torn between losing weight and gorging on KFC; and her need for constant sexual satisfaction (and where that takes her). Charting her day-to-day adventures over the course of a year, we encounter tucks, twists and sucks, heinous overspending and endless nights spent sprinting from problem to problem in a full face of make-up. This is a place where the previously unspeakable becomes the commendable - a unique portrayal of the queer experience. (c) 2019, Crystal Rasmussen (P) 2019 Penguin Audio

My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen

Author : David Clawson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 151071412X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen written by David Clawson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Bellows is just trying to get through high school and survive being the only stepchild in the social-climbing Fontaine family, whose recently diminished fortune hasn’t dimmed their desire to mingle with Upper East Side society. Chris sometimes feels more like a maid than part of the family. But when Chris’s stepsister Kimberly begins dating golden boy J. J. Kennerly, heir to a political dynasty, everything changes. Because Chris and J. J. fall in love . . . with each other. With the help of a new friend, Coco Chanel Jones, Chris learns to be comfortable in his own skin, let himself fall in love and be loved, and discovers that maybe he was wrong about his step-family all along. All it takes is one fairy godmother dressed as Diana Ross to change the course of his life. My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen is a Cinderella retelling for the modern reader. The novel expertly balances issues like sexuality, family and financial troubles, and self-discovery with more lighthearted moments like how one rogue shoe can launch a secret, whirlwind romance and a chance meeting with a drag queen can spark magic and light in a once dark reality.

If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It

Author : Lil Miss Hot Mess
Publisher : Running Press Kids
ISBN 13 : 0762475323
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It written by Lil Miss Hot Mess and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strike a pose. Blow a kiss. Mouth the words. A fun, sing-along book with a drag twist that encourage kids to embrace all the playfulness of drag culture written by a founding member of Drag Queen Story Hour. If you’re a drag queen and you know it, let it show by winking, shaking your bum, laughing real big, twirling around, and more! Join a cast of fabulous drag queens as you sing along to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It” in this playful celebration of expressing your brightest and boldest self. A perfect companion to The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish written by a board member of Drag Queen Story Hour.

From Drag Queens to Leathermen

Author : Rusty Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195390180
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book From Drag Queens to Leathermen written by Rusty Barrett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Drag Queens to Leathermen examines gendered language in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leathermen. The chapters include ethnographic-based studies of language use in each of these subcultures, with special attention to the ways in which linguistic patterns challenge normative assumptions about gender and sexuality.

The Drag Queen Baby Name Book

Author : Boaz Stark
Publisher : Cowboy Mouth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780975143940
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book The Drag Queen Baby Name Book written by Boaz Stark and published by Cowboy Mouth Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby Names.

50 Drag Queens Who Changed the World

Author : Dan Jones
Publisher : Hardie Grant
ISBN 13 : 9781784883225
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book 50 Drag Queens Who Changed the World written by Dan Jones and published by Hardie Grant. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Drag Queens Who Changed the World is a tribute to the hugely influential pioneers who have shaped the fantastic world of drag, as well as the queens of today that we all know and love. Learn about the wild and brilliant lives of Mama Ru and the best-loved Drag Race superstars, including Alaska, Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act, as well as legends like Divine and Lady Bunny, and the new scene of radical contemporary drag artists, such as Amrou Al-Kadhi and Victoria Sin. Drag queens have been sissying that walk for a lot longer than you think, and this book is a sparkling celebration of the high-heeled, hairsprayed, punk-rock art form that has influenced pop culture for as long as it has been around.

The Drag Explosion

Author : Linda Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734728545
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book The Drag Explosion written by Linda Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snapshots of the downtown and East Village drag scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s

Drag Queen Cookbook

Author : Poppy Tooker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781941879276
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book Drag Queen Cookbook written by Poppy Tooker and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Poppy Tooker says her new book “Drag Queen Brunch” was a community effort that practically wrote itself. It combines brunch recipes from Tooker and New Orleans restaurants and short profiles of local drag queens Vinsantos, Jessica Champagne, Laveau Contraire and a dozen others. There are 60 recipes for cocktails and traditional brunch dishes such as grits and grillades, pain perdu and calas. Restaurant recipes include Brennan’s bananas Foster, Palace Cafe’s crabmeat cheesecake, Saba chef and owner Alon Shaya’s shakshuka and chef Isaac Toups’ boudin breakfast burritos. The coffee table book features Sam Hanna’s vibrant images of queens and brunch dishes. It also incorporates local history, including Tooker’s favorite ghost story of Julian Eltinge, a cross-dressing actor popular in the early 1900s."--Gambit.

Bike Boys, Drag Queens & Superstars

Author : Juan Antonio Suárez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bike Boys, Drag Queens & Superstars written by Juan Antonio Suárez and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the confluence of experimental art and the gay subculture of early 1960s New York, Juan Suárez discovers a postmodern, gay-influenced aesthetic that "recycles" popular culture. Filmmakers Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol epitomize this sensibility, combining the influences of European avant-garde movements, comic books, rock 'n' roll, camp, film cults, drag performances, fashion, and urban street cultures.

Drag

Author : Frank Decaro
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847862356
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Drag written by Frank Decaro and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drag celebrates the fabulous current and historical influence of drag, and its talented and inspiring performers. Since man first walked the Earth...in heels, no other art form has wielded as unique an influence on pop culture as Drag. Drag artists have now sashayed their way to snatch the crowns as the Queens of mainstream entertainment. Through informative and witty essays chronicling over 100 years of drag, readers will embark on a Priscilla-like journey through pop culture, from television shows like The Milton Berle Show, Bosom Buddies, and RuPaul's Drag Race, films like Some Like It Hot, To Wong Foo..., and Tootsie, and Broadway shows like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, La Cage aux Folles, and Kinky Boots. With stops in cities around the globe, and packed with interviews and commentaries on the dramas, joys, and love that "make-up" a life in wigs and heels, Drag features contributions from today's most groundbreaking and popular artists, including Bianca del Rio, Miss Coco Peru, Hedda Lettuce, Lypsinka, and Varla Jean Merman, as well as notable performers as Harvey Fierstein and Charles Busch. It includes more than 100 photos--many from performers' personal collections, and a comprehensive timeline of drag "herstory."

Legends of Drag

Author : Harry James Hanson
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647005086
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Legends of Drag written by Harry James Hanson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to the groundbreaking drag icons who helped pave the way for the queens of today Drag has officially transcended the underground and exploded into the mainstream. Queens have more visibility than ever, and it’s been hard won through decades of perseverance, imagination, and intergenerational support within local drag communities. It’s time to honor the queens who paved the way for the new generation of drag and are still carrying out their work today. To create Legends of Drag, a photo book and archive of living drag history, authors Harry James Hanson and Devin Antheus traveled coast to coast, visiting 16 cities to meet 80 legendary entertainers who shared boundless wisdom and powerful anecdotes from their lives. These queens are featured in stunning portraits shot on location and styled with unique floral elements.

How You Get Famous

Author : Nicole Pasulka
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982115793
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book How You Get Famous written by Nicole Pasulka and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A madcap adventure through a tight-knit world of drag performers making art and mayhem in the greatest city on earth. Ten years ago, an aimless coat check girl better known today as Merrie Cherry sweet-talked her boss into giving her $100 to host a drag show at a Brooklyn dive bar. Soon, kids like Aja were kicking their way into the scene, sneaking into clubs, pocketing their tips to help mom pay the mortgage, and sharing the stage with electric performers like Thorgy Thor and Sasha Velour. Because suddenly, in the biggest, brightest city in America, drag was offering young, broke, creative queer people a chance at real money—and for thousands or even millions of people to learn their names. In How You Get Famous, journalist Nicole Pasulka joyfully documents the rebirth of the New York drag scene, following a group of iconoclastic performers with undeniable charisma, talent, and a hell of a lot to prove. The result is a sweeping portrait of the 21st-century search for celebrity and community, as well as a chronicle of all the struggles, fights, and disappointments along the way. A rollicking account of the quest to make a living through an art form on the cusp of becoming a cultural phenomenon, How You Get Famous offers an unmissable romp through the gritty and glamorous world of Brooklyn drag.

Who Is RuPaul?

Author : Nico Medina
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593222695
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Who Is RuPaul? written by Nico Medina and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how this Emmy-winning host, producer, and television personality became the world's most famous drag queen. RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned fifteen, he began studying theater in a performing arts school in Atlanta and never looked back. Ru developed his drag-queen personality and launched his career in the 1980s. He now hosts and judges the widely popular and long-running show RuPaul's Drag Race, which has raised the profile of the art of drag, and drag queens around the world.

Drag Queens and Beauty Queens

Author : Laurie Greene
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978813864
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Drag Queens and Beauty Queens written by Laurie Greene and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pageants and pageantry -- Atlantic City, drag culture, and a community of practice -- New York avenue: where the party began -- Camp and the queering of Miss America -- Show us your shoes, not your midriffs.

Drag, Interperformance, and the Trouble with Queerness

Author : Katie Horowitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429830300
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Drag, Interperformance, and the Trouble with Queerness written by Katie Horowitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of drag kings and queens at Cleveland, Ohio’s most popular gay bar reveals that these genres have little in common and introduces interperformance, a framework for identity formation and coalition building that provides strategies for repairing longstanding rifts in the LGBT community. Drag, Interperformance, and the Trouble with Queerness is the first book centered on queer life in this growing midwestern hub and the first to focus simultaneously on kinging and queening. It shows that despite the shared heading of drag, these iconically queer institutions diverge in terms of audience, movement vocabulary, stage persona, and treatment of gender, class, race, and sexuality. Horowitz argues that the radical (in)difference between kings and queens provides a window into the perennial rift between lesbians and gay men and challenges the assumption that all identities subsumed under the queer umbrella ought to have anything in common culturally, politically, or otherwise. Drawing on performer interviews about the purpose of drag, contestations over space, and the eventual shuttering of the bar they called home, Horowitz offers a new way of thinking about identity as a product of relations and argues that relationality is our best hope for building queer communities across lines of difference. The book will be key reading for students and faculty in the interdisciplinary fields of feminist, gender, and sexuality studies; performance studies; American studies; cultural studies; ethnography; and rhetoric. It will be useful to graduate students and faculty interested in queer culture, gender performance, and transgender studies. At the same time, the clear and relatable writing style will make it accessible to undergraduates and well suited to upper-level courses in queer theory, LGBTQ identities, performance studies, and qualitative research methods.