drag king


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drag king

A female performance artist who dresses in masculine clothing, creating exaggerated male gender stereotypes or impersonating a male celebrity (e.g., Elvis Presley) as part of her routine.
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Drag kings are mostly female performance artists who dress in masculine drag for acts, generally laden with male gender stereotypes.
DRAG RACE; PERFORMER 'MANLY MANNINGTON' SAYS BLACK ARTISTS ARE NOT BEING GIVEN THEIR FAIR CHANCE
For this article, I draw from empirical materials that I gleaned while engaging in my research and drag king performance.
Hos in the garden: Staging and resisting neoliberal creativity
We sat on a panel in Winnipeg, Canada, on hip-hop and racism--hip-hop, drag kings, and racism.
A dance class, a drag king, & the pedagogical possibilities of performative hip-hop: an interview with Carmen Morrison & Alex U. Inn
Quando eu fui a Londres, em 1996, e la as pessoas ja tomavam testosterona, tinham barba etc., nos festivais eu vi pela primeira vez as competicoes drag king. Entao, o primeiro atelier drag king que eu fiz foi em Londres.
Teoria queer, politicas posporno e privativacao da sexualidade: uma conversa com Marie-Helene Bourcier
"We had a wonderful workshop with a drag king who came in to talk to us about what it was like to be a man," says Jo.
Outspoken character is a fresh, vibrant voice after 400 years; THEATRE Director Jo Davies hopes The RSC's Roaring Girls season will encourage more writers to produce stronger roles for women in contemporary theatre, writes Catherine Vonledebur
On July 16, Drag Kings, Queens, and allies from all over the world will celebrate this day by going out in drag with their friends or organizing a show to benefit their community.
Where's My Lesbians' Las Vegas International Drag Day Show to Feature Drag King/Queen, Burlesque and Comedy Acts at the LVCS Live Music Venue for Sin Sity Sisters Charity
I have read extensively in my pursuit of the Drag King in his many forms and descriptions, and have come upon many of his (re) presentations.
Drag King: camp acts, queer bodies, desiring audiences
I had known Gerestant before as Dred, a preeminent drag king in New York City, and a regular at Club Casanova, the first weekly drag king performance night in the country.
Staging activism: New York City performing artists as cultural workers
JUDITH HALBERSTAM, theorist; author, with Del LaGrace Volcano, of The Drag King Book (Serpent's Tail).
The Awful Truth From Vertigo to Austin Powers, Scenes We Love
Imagine these three soulful and spiritual Drag King orishas instigating the comedic consequences of a Lesbian couple living out the human drama of love, conflict, and a potential commitment to marriage in a loft apartment in Harlem.
Muses
The catalyst which brought the hermaphrodyke phenomenon from the shadows to the light is the Drag King club scene in San Francisco and London.
Mean, moody, macho and very, very male...so which man is a woman? ANSWER: ALL OF THEM; WHEN ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS...INSIDE THE MINDS AND BODIES OF THE SHE MEN AND THEIR TWILIGHT WORLD OF AMBIGUOUS SEXUALITY
"Dress Codes" consisted of visual art, video, film, performance and educational programs (which included makeup seminars for male cross-dressers and an all day "Drag King" workshop for female-to-male cross-dressers led by performance artist Dianne Torr), a cross-dressing reading room, and three Saturday evenings of "Fear and Clothing" theater.
'Currents '93: Dress Codes.' (exhibit at Institute of Contemporary Art)(Reviews)
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