THE 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gender Identity, Mart Crowley, Jane Chambers
24 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
A drag queen is a person, usually male, who dresses in drag & often acts with exaggerated femininity and in feminine gender roles o o. Began in antiquity with ban of women on stage. Practiced as early as 1870, but started taking off in 1950s and. Camp is a social, cultural, and aesthetic style and sensibility based on deliberate and self-acknowledged theatricality. o o o. Which has not only gay writers, performers and producers but also a gay audience; a theatre not only by and about but also entirely for homosexuals. Where gay women and gay men can and should work together to create a radical gay culture. Where pieces of drama written by straight writers and performers and speaking as or for gay people seem immediately dated and rather distasteful. Aims of gay & lesbian theatre o o o. Education - teach community about aids / safe sex.
