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Acts of Gaiety : LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure / Sara Warner.

By: Series: Triangulations : lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance | TriangulationsPublication details: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (256 pages)ISBN:
  • 0472028758
  • 9780472028757
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • PN2270.G39 W37 2013
Online resources: Summary: Article Abstract: "The book mines the archives of lesbian-feminist activism of the 1960s-70s, highlighting the outrageous gaiety that lay at the center of the social and theatrical performances of the era and uncovering original documents long thought to be lost. Juxtaposing historical figures such as Valerie Solanas and Jill Johnston with more recent performers and activists (including Hothead Paisan, Bitch & Animal, and the Five Lesbian Brothers), Warner shows how reclaiming this largely discarded and disavowed past elucidates possibilities for being and belonging."--Publisher
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Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Library - Royal Liverpool Main Shelves Available

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Article Abstract: "The book mines the archives of lesbian-feminist activism of the 1960s-70s, highlighting the outrageous gaiety that lay at the center of the social and theatrical performances of the era and uncovering original documents long thought to be lost. Juxtaposing historical figures such as Valerie Solanas and Jill Johnston with more recent performers and activists (including Hothead Paisan, Bitch & Animal, and the Five Lesbian Brothers), Warner shows how reclaiming this largely discarded and disavowed past elucidates possibilities for being and belonging."--Publisher