And the category is... : inside New York's vogue, house, and ballroom community / Ricky Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Ricky, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drag balls--New York (State)--New York--History.

Drag balls.

History.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Manners and customs.

New York (State)--New York.

Ball culture.

LGBTQ+ people.

Queer people.

LGBTQ+ people of color.

LGBTQ+ Latinx.

LGBTQ+ Black people.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2021]

Summary:

"An oral history and story-driven look inside New York's House-Ball Culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Ballroom, and the house/vogue system, is an underground subculture founded over a century ago by LQBTQ Black and Latinx people of Harlem, Creative, talent-laden, and intersectional, it transcends identity, serving as fearless response to the systemic marginalization of minority populations. Tucker reveals the complex cultural makeup and ongoing relevance of house and Ballroom, a space where trans lives have always been respected and applauded, and queer youth find safety, family, and acceptance. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Werk

-w/the Legendary Pony Zion and Benji Hart (Benji Ninja)

Paris Is Burning, Americas Best Dance Crew, Pose, and Madonna and the art of appropriation

ch. 2 Memory

-w/Lee Soulja

Hidden figures and the history of having a ball

Vogue Icon: Jose Xtravaganza

ch. 3 Vogue

-w/Arturo Mugler

Learning to vogue, the five elements, and getting your life

ch. 4 The Children

-w/Jonovia Chase, Twiggy Pucci Garcon, Gia Love, Luna Luis Ortiz, Michael Roberson, Robert Sember, and LaLa Zannell

Mothers, fathers, LGBTQ youth, and lost and found families

Vogue Icon: Leiomy Maldonado

ch. 5 Church

-w/MikeQ and Lee Soulja

Clubs and balls as hallowed ground, house music as gospel, and the Theology of Vogue'ology

Vogue Icon: Kia Labeija

ch. 6 Realness

-w/Gia Love

Walking categories, trans lives, and the unexpected prevalence of gender norms within the Ballroom scene

Vogue Icon: PonyZion

ch. 7 Body

-w/Luna Luis Ortiz, LaLa Zannell, and Gia Love

Black trans bodies, body sponsorship, and resolving the trauma in our bodies

Afterword My Two Gay Dads

-w/Michael Roberson and Robert Sember

The trappings of the not-for-profit industrial complex, 2020 vision, cosmology, astrology, and theology, the future of Ballroom

-and giving it up to the Universe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tucker, Ricky, 1982- And the category is...

ISBN:

9780807003480

0807003484

OCLC:

1241164348

Publisher Number:

99989762321