Acts of Gaiety : LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure /

"The book mines the archives of lesbian-feminist activism of the 1960s-70s, highlighting the outrageous gaiety that lay at the center of the social and theatrical performances of the era and uncovering original documents long thought to be lost. Juxtaposing historical figures such as Valerie Solanas...

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Autore principale: Warner, Sara (Autore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2013.
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Sommario:
  • "Contents"; "Preface"; "Acknowledgments"; "Introduction"; "1. "Scummy" Acts: Valerie Solanas's Theater of the Ludicrous"; "2. Guerrilla Acts: Marriage Protests, 1969 and 2009"; "3. Expatriate Acts: Jill Johnston's Joker Citizenship"; "4. Terrorist Acts: The Maladapted Hothead Paisan, a Lesbian Comedy of Terrors"; "5. Unnatural Acts: The Tragic Consequences of Homoliberalism in the Five Lesbian Brothers' Oedipus at Palm Springs "; "Afterword"; "Notes"; "Bibliography"; "Index."