Queer Theatre and the Legacy of Cal Yeomans
Title | Queer Theatre and the Legacy of Cal Yeomans PDF eBook |
Author | R. Schanke |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2011-08-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0230119883 |
A forgotten yet award-winning playwright, Cal Yeomans was one of the founders of gay theater whose work was fueled by gay liberation and extinguished by the AIDS epidemic. Schanke's examination of his life and legacy allows a rare exploration into this pivotal moment of gay American history.
The Gay & Lesbian Theatrical Legacy
Title | The Gay & Lesbian Theatrical Legacy PDF eBook |
Author | Billy J. Harbin |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Actors |
ISBN | 9780472068586 |
Recovers the hidden history of theater professionals who transgressed the gendered expectations of their time
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Title | Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
Stages of Desire
Title | Stages of Desire PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Miller |
Publisher | Burns & Oates |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780304328178 |
In this critical look at how homosexuality and homosexual acts have been represented in English plays since the 14th century, key plays and writers are examined against the historical and cultural backgrounds of each period. From morality plays to Marlowe to the Restoration, the author traces the emergence of camp and the desire to shock.
Phantom Limbs
Title | Phantom Limbs PDF eBook |
Author | Paula Garner |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2016-09-13 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0763691887 |
How do you move on from an irreplaceable loss? In a poignant debut, a sixteen-year-old boy must learn to swim against an undercurrent of grief—or be swept away by it. Otis and Meg were inseparable until her family abruptly moved away after the terrible accident that left Otis’s little brother dead and both of their families changed forever. Since then, it’s been three years of radio silence, during which time Otis has become the unlikely protégé of eighteen-year-old Dara—part drill sergeant, part friend—who’s hell-bent on transforming Otis into the Olympic swimmer she can no longer be. But when Otis learns that Meg is coming back to town, he must face some difficult truths about the girl he’s never forgotten and the brother he’s never stopped grieving. As it becomes achingly clear that he and Meg are not the same people they were, Otis must decide what to hold on to and what to leave behind. Quietly affecting, this compulsively readable debut novel captures all the confusion, heartbreak, and fragile hope of three teens struggling to accept profound absences in their lives.
Mainstream AIDS Theatre, the Media, and Gay Civil Rights
Title | Mainstream AIDS Theatre, the Media, and Gay Civil Rights PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob Juntunen |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | AIDS (Disease) in literature |
ISBN | 9781138941724 |
This book shows the political potential of mainstream theatre in the US at the end of the 20th century, tracing ideological change in the reception of mainstream plays about HIV/AIDS. Studying the politics of performance, LGBT theatre, and mainstream theatre's political potential, it shows how radical ideas become mainstream and how dominant ideologies change. Using materialist semiotics and extensive archival research, Juntunen delineates the cultural history of The Normal Heart, Angels in America, Rent, and The Laramie Project. This book will be of interest to scholar of theatre, politics, media studies, queer theory, and US history, and to those with an interest in gay civil rights.
That Furious Lesbian
Title | That Furious Lesbian PDF eBook |
Author | Robert A Schanke |
Publisher | SIU Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2004-05-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0809325799 |
"Aided by twenty-seven photographs, Schanke establishes Mercedes de Acosta's rightful place as a pioneer - and indeed a champion - in the early struggle for lesbian rights in this country. The famous portrayal of her as "that furious lesbian" should now be considered an admiring description rather than a scornful slur."--Jacket.