The Bodies of Others: Drag Dances and Their Afterlives

by Selby Wynn Schwartz

Book Overview

The Bodies of Others explores the politics of gender in motion. From drag ballerinas to faux queens, and from butoh divas to the club mothers of modern dance, the book delves into four decades of drag dances on American stages. Drag dances take us beyond glittery one-liners and into the spaces between gender norms. In these backstage histories, dancers give their bodies over to other selves, opening up the category of realness. The book maps...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472054090
• ISBN13: 9780472054091
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"