Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure - Triangulations: Lesbian / Gay / Queer Theater / Drama / Performance - Sara Warner - Books - The University of Michigan Press - 9780472035670 - June 10, 2013
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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

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  

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