P.S. Burn This Letter Please : The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words
by
Craig Olsen
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0751585947
ISBN-13
9780751585940
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint
Sphere
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 15th, 2023
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
492 grams
Dimensions
24.10 x 16.50 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Gay & Lesbian studies
Ksh 3,600.00
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A personal, vivid snapshot of drag culture in 1950s New York, showing readers how modern drag culture was born through first-hand letters, photographs and lively research from incredible historians
Their greatest act of resistance was simply existing.
Drags, fags and trans-women were attracted to the Big Apple because they were able to find work as impersonators in a small number of Lower East Side clubs.
Decades before Stonewall, they occupied the margins of society, determined to live as they pleased, despite of the attentions of the police. Sometimes reduced to stealing to get their costumes, these girls were unstoppable, fearless and fabulous.
When a cache of their letters were discovered, these individuals were given a voice where they had traditionally been silenced. The letters they wrote bear witness to a time when gay community was hard to find.
Blending social, political and cultural history with memoir, this book is an unforgettable and deeply moving encounter with a generation of incredible survivors and a necessary account of how modern drag culture was born.
Drags, fags and trans-women were attracted to the Big Apple because they were able to find work as impersonators in a small number of Lower East Side clubs.
Decades before Stonewall, they occupied the margins of society, determined to live as they pleased, despite of the attentions of the police. Sometimes reduced to stealing to get their costumes, these girls were unstoppable, fearless and fabulous.
When a cache of their letters were discovered, these individuals were given a voice where they had traditionally been silenced. The letters they wrote bear witness to a time when gay community was hard to find.
Blending social, political and cultural history with memoir, this book is an unforgettable and deeply moving encounter with a generation of incredible survivors and a necessary account of how modern drag culture was born.
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