This is the story of drag kings and queens at a gay bar in Cleveland, Ohio. Through an ethnography of their weekly shows, Katie Horowitz provides a window into the perennial rift between lesbians and gay men and introduces interperformance, a new framework for thinking about identity formation and community building.
This is the story of drag kings and queens at a gay bar in Cleveland, Ohio. Through an ethnography of their weekly shows, Katie Horowitz provides a window into the perennial rift between lesbians and gay men and introduces interperformance, a new framework for thinking about identity formation and community building.
Katie Horowitz is Assistant Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies and Writing at Davidson College, where she writes and teaches about intersectional queer, feminist, and transgender theories, body politics, and radical social movements. Her work has appeared in Signs, Porn Studies , and CrossCurrents.
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Introduction: Radically Different Agendas 1 Kinging 2 Queening 3 Gesturing Back: A Phenomenology of Drag Performance 4 Gesturing Forward: Drag Spaces and Solidarities Conclusion: What's Queer About Drag Now?