Intimate investments in drag king cultures : the rise and fall of a lesbian social scene / Kerryn Drysdale.
Drysdale, Kerryn, author.
2019
HQ77.2.A8 D79 2019
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Title Intimate investments in drag king cultures : the rise and fall of a lesbian social scene / Kerryn Drysdale.
Author Drysdale, Kerryn, author.
ISBN 9783030157777 (electronic book)
3030157776 (electronic book)
3030157768
9783030157760
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (209 pages).
Call Number HQ77.2.A8 D79 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.768099441
Summary This book takes the globally recognised phenomenon of drag king performances as an opportunity for critical inquiry into the rise and fall of an urban scene for lesbian and queer women in Sydney, Australia (circa 1999-2012). Exploring how a series of weekly events provided the site for intimate encounters, Drysdale reveals the investments made by participants that worked to sustain the sense of a small world and anchor the expansive imaginary of lesbian cultural life. But what happens when scenes fade, as they invariably do? Intimate Investments in Drag King Cultures is unique in capturing the perspective of a scene at the moment of its decline, revealing the process by which a contemporary movement becomes layered with historical significance. Bringing together the theoretical tradition of scene studies with recent work on the affective potentialities of the everyday and the mobile urban spaces they inhabit, this book has appeal to scholars working across gender, sexuality and culture.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2019).
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1. Scene Thinking
2. Drag King Cultures
3. Small Worlds
4. Social Imaginaries
5. Scene Stories
6. Everyday Archives
7. Conclusion. .

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