04505oam 22006254a 450 99621266620331620240424225736.00-87421-692-3(CKB)2550000000007490(EBL)486007(OCoLC)593279947(SSID)ssj0000337655(PQKBManifestationID)11230342(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337655(PQKBWorkID)10294865(PQKB)10154753(MiAaPQ)EBC3442801(MdBmJHUP)muse13368(MiAaPQ)EBC486007(Au-PeEL)EBL486007(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/47575(EXLCZ)99255000000000749020080807d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Fierce TribeMasculine Identity and Performance in the Circuit /Mickey WeemsUtah State University, University Libraries2008Logan, Utah :Utah State University Press,2008.©2008.1 online resource (298 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-87421-691-5 Includes discography: p. 264-265.Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.Introduction: fascists and whores -- pt. I. Fierce: -- Banishing the God of mediocrity -- The few, the proud, the cracked -- Thousands of dancing gay men -- Fierceness -- The girlfriends -- Harm reduction -- pt. II. Tribe: A history of festive homosexuality: 1700-1969 CE -- A history of the Circuit(s): 1969 CE-present -- A tale of two cities: NOLA and MIA -- pt. III. Pulse: Popular dance -- Axe -- From marching soldier to dancing Queen -- PART IV ecstasy -- The DJ -- Stepping out.Mickey Weems applies overtly interdisciplinary interpretation to a subject that demands such a breakdown of intellectual boundaries. This is an ethnography that documents the folk nature of popular culture. The Circuit, an expression of Gay culture, comprises large dance events (gatherings, celebrations, communions, festivals). Music and dance drive a complex, shared performance at these events-electronic house music played by professional DJs and mass ecstatic dancing that engenders communitas. Other types of performance, from drag queens and concerts to contests, theatrics, and the iIn this ethnography that documents the folk nature of popular culture, Mickey Weems applies interdisciplinary interpretation to a subject that demands such a breakdown of intellectual boundaries. The Circuit, an expression of gay culture, comprises large dance events—gatherings, celebrations, communions, festivals. Music and dance drive complex, shared performances—electronic house music played by professional DJs and mass ecstatic dancing that engenders communitas. Other performances, from drag queens and concerts to contests, theatrics, and the individual display of muscular bodies are part of the festivities.Body sculpting through muscle building is strongly associated with the Circuit, and masculine aggression is both displayed and parodied. Weems, a participant-observer with a multidisciplinary background in anthropology, folklore, religious studies, cultural studies, and somatic studies, considers the cultural and ethical dimensions of what to outsiders might seem to be just wild, flamboyant parties. He compares the Circuit to other traditions of ecstatic and communal dance, and uses his grounding in African-Brazilian Candomblé and in religious studies to illuminate spiritual experiences reported by Circuit participants. And, as a U.S. Marine, he offers the nonviolent masculine arrogance of Circuiteers as an alternative to the violent forms of masculine aggression embedded in the military and much of western culture.Gay menUnited StatesIdentityGay cultureUnited StatesGay and lesbian dance partiesSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books. Gay menIdentity.Gay cultureGay and lesbian dance partiesSocial aspects306.76/60973Weems Mickey801380MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996212666203316Fierce Tribe1802706UNISA