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

• Autore: Warner Sara
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.086/640973
• Soggetto topico: Gay theater - United States; Homosexuality and theater; Gays and the performing arts
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Acts of gaiety
• ISBN: 9780472904129; 0472904124; 9781283741286; 1283741288; 9780472028757; 0472028758
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910734340503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Triangulations: lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance