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| Title: | Femmes: Front and Center |
| Authors: | Kurzawa, Kristin |
| Keywords: | body size
race
queer femme performers
disability
gay
gender identity
drag queens
drag kings
queerness
drag performance
body acceptance
photography |
| Issue Date: | 20-Apr-2009 |
| Abstract: | Kurzawa, 2
Abstract
Femmes Front and Center is a visual and textual inquiry into the dynamics of queer femme
performers within the queer community. Visually, Femmes: Front and Center brings the viewer
face to face with queer femme performers through large scale, color photographs framed in
classic, exhibition style. The exhibit reveals the intersections of gender identity, queerness, body
size, race, and dis/ability. Femmes Front and Center, the written work, explores the history of
queer performance culture from gay men and drag queens to drag kings to queer femme drag
queens. It theorizes that queer femme performers and dis/abled queer femmes are disrupting
existing paradigms of drag performance, gender identity, and body acceptance. |
| Appears in Collections: | Dissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's)
Art and Design, School of (A&D)
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| 2009_Kurzawa_MFA_Thesis.pdf | Thesis | 21711Kb | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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