You have never seen a dancer like Voo Doo : das unglaubliche leben des Willy Pape / Jens Dobler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobler, Jens, 1965-

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Voo-Doo, 1891-1940--Biography.

Voo-Doo.

Gender-nonconforming people--Europe--20th century--Biography.

Gender-nonconforming people.

Drag queens--Germany--Berlin--20th century--Biography.

Drag queens.

Entertainers--Germany--Berlin--20th century--Biography.

Entertainers.

Europe.

Germany--Berlin.

Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Verlag fur Berlin-Brandenburg, 2022.

Summary:

A biography of Voo-Doo, a famous cabaret artist and variety-show dancer who performed in Berlin, Zürich, Paris, Vienna, and other major European cities between 1917 and 1928. German scholar Jens Dobler, who has uncovered much of Pape's biography, writes of "Willi Pape, alias Voo-Doo," as a homosexual "drag artist" (in German: Travestiekünstler) who was referred to by others as "he" and "she;" he also discusses how Pape's life challenged gender norms and that even the terms he has applied are fraught. No known documents survive that describe Pape's gender or sexual identification in Pape's own words.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783969820469

3969820464

OCLC:

1318944237