Abstract
This essay provides new critical readings of two defining queer performances: The Ridiculous Theatrical Company's Camille (1973) and Split Britches/Bloolips' Belle Reprieve (1991), demonstrating how these two pieces reinforce a notion of queer be/coming from a comparative historical perspective. Edgecomb and Gillespie investigate how pastiche and drag are (re)envisioned in these performances to formulate approaches to camp that are distinctly queer, while also gender-specific, both reflecting and troubling the limited definitions of gender provided by the identity politics of the gay liberation movement and the decade following.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Analysing Gender in Performance |
| Editors | J. Paul Halferty, Cathy Leeney |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 39-55 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030855741 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030855734 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 12 2022 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences
Keywords
- Bertolt Brecht
- Butch and femme
- Camp
- Casting
- Drag
- Dramaturgy
- Ethics of representation
- Gender in Performance: Casting
- Performance Analysis and Research Methods: Companies
- Performance event
- Queer identities
- Scenography
- Social/historical contexts
- Subversion of genre
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