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Record Nr.

UNINA9910734340503321

Autore

Warner Sara

Titolo

Acts of gaiety : LGBT performance and the politics of pleasure / / Sara Warner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2012

ISBN

9780472904129

0472904124

9781283741286

1283741288

9780472028757

0472028758

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Triangulations: lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance

Disciplina

792.086/640973

Soggetti

Gay theater - United States

Homosexuality and theater

Gays and the performing arts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Scummy" Acts: Valerie Solanas's Theater of the Ludicrous -- 2. Guerrilla Acts: Marriage Protests, 1969 and 2009 -- 3. Expatriate Acts: Jill Johnston's Joker Citizenship -- 4. Terrorist Acts: The Maladapted Hothead Paisan, a Lesbian Comedy of Terrors -- 5. Unnatural Acts: The Tragic Consequences of Homoliberalism in the Five Lesbian Brothers' Oedipus at Palm Springs -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The importance of pleasure, humor, and frivolity in shaping LGBT lives and activism.