The queerest art : essays on lesbian and gay theater / edited by Alisa Solomon and Framji Minwalla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Solomon, Alisa, 1956-

Minwalla, Framji.

Series:

Sexual cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay theater--United States.

Gay theater.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 280 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2002]

Summary:

From Shakespeare's gender-bending play Twelfth Night to the the critically-acclaimed Broadway hit Angels in America, from 17th century kabuki theater of Japan -- performed by cross-dressing prostitutesto the NEA-denounced performance art of Holly Hughes, theater has long been "the queerest art".

The Queerest Art is a pioneering collection of essays by and conversations among a diverse range of leading theater academics and artists. The first anthology to bring scholars and makers of queer theater into direct dialogue, the volume explores such subjects as same-sex desire in Restoration comedy, the racialized impact of colonial Shakespeare, the cuerpo politizado of a performance artist in contemporary Los Angeles, and the nitty-gritty of getting a queer show presented in Peoria. The Queerest Art rereads the history of performance as a celebration and critique of dissident sexualities, exploring the politics of pleasure and the pleasure of politics that drive the theater.

Contents:

Great sparkles of lust : homophobia and the antitheatrical tradition / Alisa Solomon

The queer root of theater / Laurence Senelick

"Porno-tropics" : some thoughts on Shakespeare, colonialism, and sexuality / Ania Loomba

Setting the stage behind the seen : performing lesbian history / Valerie Traub

"The man I love" : the erotics of friendship in restoration theater / George E. Haggerty

"Be true to yearning" : notes on the pioneers of queer theater / Don Shewey

From the invisible to the ridiculous : the emergence of an out theater aesthetic / a conversation among Moe Angelos, Susan Finque, Lola Pashalinski, Everett Quinton, Ana Maria Simo, and Doric Wilson, moderated by Don Shewey

Queer theater and the disarticulation of identity / David Savran

Out across America : playing from P.S. 122 to Peoria / a conversation among Holly Hughes, Deb Parks-Satterfield, and Paula Vogel, moderated by Cynthia Mayeda

"Being" a lesbian : Apple Island and the performance of community / Stacy Wolf

"Preaching to the converted" / David Roman and Tim Miller

Queer theater, queer theory : Luis Alfaro's Cuerpo politizado / Jost Esteban Munoz

When we were warriors / Brian Freeman

The kids stay in the picture, or, toward a new queer theater / Randy Gener

Goodnight Irene : an endnote / Carmelita Tropicana.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814798101

081479811X

OCLC:

48363175