Mother camp
Esther Newton
Mother camp : female impersonators in America /Esther Newton - Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1979. - xvii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
1. On the Job
2. The "Queens"
3. Types of Acts
4. Two Shows
5. Role Models
6. "The Fast Fuck and the Quick Buck"
For two years (1965-1966) anthropologist Newton did field research in the world of drag queens--homosexual men who make a living impersonating women. Newton spent time in the noisy bars, the chaotic dressing rooms, and the cheap apartments and hotels that make up the lives of drag queens, interviewing informants whose trust she had earned and compiling a lively, first-hand ethnographic account of the culture of female impersonators. Mother Camp explores the distinctions that drag queens make among themselves as performers, the various kinds of night clubs and acts they depend on for a living, and the social organization of their work. A major part of the book deals with the symbolic geography of male and female styles, as enacted in the homosexual concept of "drag" (sex role transformation) and "camp," an important humor system cultivated by the drag queens themselves.--From publisher description
9780226577609
Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092
Social Sciences
Female impersonators--Transvestites--Homosexuality
301.4157 NEW
Mother camp : female impersonators in America /Esther Newton - Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1979. - xvii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
1. On the Job
2. The "Queens"
3. Types of Acts
4. Two Shows
5. Role Models
6. "The Fast Fuck and the Quick Buck"
For two years (1965-1966) anthropologist Newton did field research in the world of drag queens--homosexual men who make a living impersonating women. Newton spent time in the noisy bars, the chaotic dressing rooms, and the cheap apartments and hotels that make up the lives of drag queens, interviewing informants whose trust she had earned and compiling a lively, first-hand ethnographic account of the culture of female impersonators. Mother Camp explores the distinctions that drag queens make among themselves as performers, the various kinds of night clubs and acts they depend on for a living, and the social organization of their work. A major part of the book deals with the symbolic geography of male and female styles, as enacted in the homosexual concept of "drag" (sex role transformation) and "camp," an important humor system cultivated by the drag queens themselves.--From publisher description
9780226577609
Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092
Social Sciences
Female impersonators--Transvestites--Homosexuality
301.4157 NEW
