LEADER 04535oam 22006374a 450 001 9910139497503321 005 20240424225736.0 010 $a0-87421-692-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007490 035 $a(EBL)486007 035 $a(OCoLC)593279947 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337655 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11230342 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337655 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294865 035 $a(PQKB)10154753 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442801 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13368 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC486007 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL486007 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/47575 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007490 100 $a20080807d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Fierce Tribe$eMasculine Identity and Performance in the Circuit /$fMickey Weems 210 $cUtah State University, University Libraries$d2008 210 1$aLogan, Utah :$cUtah State University Press,$d2008. 210 4$d©2008. 215 $a1 online resource (298 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87421-691-5 320 $aIncludes discography: p. 264-265. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aMickey 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 i 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aGay men$zUnited States$xIdentity 606 $aGay culture$zUnited States 606 $aGay and lesbian dance parties$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGay men$xIdentity. 615 0$aGay culture 615 0$aGay and lesbian dance parties$xSocial aspects 676 $a306.76/60973 676 $a306.7660973 700 $aWeems$b Mickey$0801380 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139497503321 996 $aFierce Tribe$91802706 997 $aUNINA