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Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure - Triangulations: Lesbian / Gay / Queer Theater / Drama / Performance
Sara Warner
Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure - Triangulations: Lesbian / Gay / Queer Theater / Drama / Performance
Sara Warner
Explores the mirthful modes of political performance by LGBT artists, activists, and collectives that have inspired and sustained deadly serious struggles for revolutionary change. The book explores antics such as camp, kitsch, drag, guerrilla theatre, zap actions, rallies, manifestos, pageants, and parades alongside more familiar forms of “legitimate theatre”.
296 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 10, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780472035670 |
Publishers | The University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 296 |
Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 16 mm · 488 g |
Language | English |