TY  - BOOK
AU  - Esther Newton
AU  - Esther Newton
TI  - Mother camp : : female impersonators in America
SN  - 9780226577609
U1  - 301.4157 NEW 
PY  - 1979///
CY  - Chicago 
PB  - : University of Chicago Press
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Female impersonators
KW  - Transvestites
KW  - Homosexuality
N1  - 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"
N2  - 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
ER  -