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020			_a9780226577609
028			_aBrijwasi Book Distributors _b;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092 _c;BW/004806 _d;21/05/2018
082			_a301.4157 NEW
100			_aEsther Newton
245			_aMother camp _b: female impersonators in America _c/Esther Newton
260			_aChicago _b: University of Chicago Press _c, 1979.
300			_axvii, 136 pages _b: illustrations _c; 23 cm.
505			_a1. On the Job 2. The "Queens" 3. Types of Acts 4. Two Shows 5. Role Models 6. "The Fast Fuck and the Quick Buck"
520			_aFor 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
650			_aSocial Sciences
655			_aFemale impersonators _bTransvestites _bHomosexuality
700			_aEsther Newton
942			_cBOOK
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