An edition of Impertinent decorum (1994)

Impertinent decorum

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An edition of Impertinent decorum (1994)

Impertinent decorum

gay theatrical manoeuvres

Impertinent Decorum examines 'gay theatrical manoeuvres' from a new and exciting perspective which moves beyond the traditional analyses of a 'gay contribution' to mainstream British theatre and looks instead at some of the ways in which gay men in Britain have adopted theatrical manoeuvres to create, affirm and protect sexual identities. The book investigates and celebrates the varied and imaginative uses of drama in gay subculture. Ian Lucas tracks the evolution of these subcultures by focusing on the body as a stage for sexual identity, the appropriation of gay spaces and the use of semiotics as a mechanism for protection. The queer body has become visible and vulnerable through its exposition of drag and cross-dressing and as the stage for theatrical manoeuvres in the face of the AIDS crisis. Changing sexual identities have been accompanied by a changing use of spaces, claimed both legally and illicitly, from the eighteenth-century molly-houses to the annual Lesbian and Gay Pride marches in central London; the use of semiotics has developed from the fusion of languages that created Polari to the use of camp and codes, as demonstrated to great effect by contemporary direct-action groups such as ACT-UP and OutRage!

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Publisher
Cassell
Language
English
Pages
205

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Cover of: Impertinent decorum
Impertinent decorum: gay theatrical manoeuvres
1994, Cassell
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Cover of: Impertinent decorum
Impertinent decorum: gay theatrical manoeuvres
1994, Cassell, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index.

Published in
London, New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
HQ76.3.G7 L83 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 205 p. ;
Number of pages
205

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL860009M
ISBN 10
0304327956, 0304327972
LCCN
95142633
OCLC/WorldCat
31627392
Library Thing
498786

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