Queercore : how to punk a revolution : an oral history / editors: Liam Warfield, Walter Crasshole, and Yony Leyser ; introduction: Anna Joy Springer and Lynn Breedlove.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Warfield, Liam, editor.

Crasshole, Walter, editor.

Leyser, Yony, editor.

Springer, Anna Joy, writer of introduction.

Breedlove, Lynn, writer of introduction.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people.

Gay culture.

Punk culture.

Punk rock music.

Punk rock musicians--Interviews.

Punk rock musicians.

Homosexuality, Male.

male homosexuality.

Queer culture.

Queer history.

LGBTQ+ musicians.

Queer artists.

Queer youth.

Medical Subjects:

Homosexuality, Male.

Genre:

interviews.

Interviews

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : PM Press, [2021]

Summary:

Through exclusive interviews with protagonists like Bruce LaBruce, G.B. Jones, John Waters, and many more, alongside a treasure trove of never-before-seen photographs and reprinted zines, Queercore traces the history of a scene originally ''fabricated'' in the bedrooms and coffee shops of Toronto and San Francisco by a few young, queer punks to its emergence as a relevant and real revolution. Queercore gets a down-to-details firsthand account of the movement explored through the people that lived it; from punk's early queer elements, to the moments Toronto kids decided they needed to create a scene that didn't exist, to the infiltration of the mainstream by Pansy Division, and the emergence of riot grrrl as a sister movement &; as well as the clothes, zines, art, film, and music that made this movement an exciting, in-your-face middle finger to complacent gay and straight society. Queercore will stand as both a testament to radically gay politics and culture and an important reference for those who wish to better understand this explosive movement.

Contents:

Extremely forward introduction / Lynn Breedlove and Anna Joy Springer

Introduction / Liam Warfield

Wrecking Nerves: Stonewall to CBGB (1969-1976)

Gloriously Wrong: The LA Scene (early '80s)

Nothing was sacred: Vaginal Davis in LA

Faction: Toronto's "fabricated" scene (mid-1980s-early 1990s)

Caught in the cracks: Between gay and punk

Let's get back to gay liberation: AIDS activism and beyond

Freaks on the edges: The West Coast scene (late 1980s-mid 1990s)

Bodies colliding: Machismo (and machisma) in the punk scene

Groovy underwear: Pansy division flirts with the mainstream (1994)

The name game: Homocore vs. queercore

We had our photocopiers: The queer zine explosion

Why don't you just get together?: The SPEW convention and Homocore Chicago (1992-2001)

Baseball bats and high-heel shoes: Punks on parade (San Francisco 1989/Chicago 1993)

We were so ready: Riot grrrl emerges (early 1990s)

Tempers flare: Tensions in Toronto (late 1980s)

Contagious euphoria: Queercore on screen

Smoke signals: Theater and performance

Manufacturing gay: Assimilation and its discontents

A herd of cats: The Queercore "agenda"

All the labels: Navigating gender

I don't want what you want: Thoughts on style

"Where are they now?"/where are we now?

Afterword: Smashing orthodoxies / Walter Crasshole.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-160), discography, filmography and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Queercore.

ISBN:

9781629637969

1629637963

OCLC:

1197773974

Publisher Number:

99996353832