An archaeology of posing
Subtitle: essays on camp, drag, and sexuality
By: Moe Meyer
Publisher: Macater Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Madison, Wis.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780981492452
Subjects: Female impersonators; Homosexuality; Camp (Style); Drag shows
Description: "An Archaeology of Posing compiles previous and new writing on gay culture by one of the field's most provocative critics. Diverging from the text-based premise of most LGBTQ theories, Meyer utilizes performance studies and interpretive anthropology to examine camp and drag performances in the spaces in which they appear. He explores a variety of topics - from transsexual striptease and Harlem drag balls to the death of camp-- within the genre of gay and gendered performance. This collection of essays, with his celebration of the effeminate gay male body, presents a fresh interpretation of established art forms. From the pre-Stonewall era to the present day, Meyer redefines how we understand the phenomena of camp and drag."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Unveiling the word : science and narrative in transsexual striptease; title: Reclaiming the discourse of camp; title: The signifying invert : camp and the performance of nineteenth-century sexology; title: Top camp/bottom camp; title: Rethinking Paris is burning : performing social geography in Harlem drag balls; title: Celebrity Jack : the Internet and the death of camp; title: In defense of gay/performance / by Thomas A. King and Moe Meyer.