King of Hearts

Drag Kings in the American South

Baker A. Rogers (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2021
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
9781978820548 (ISBN)

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Provides a history of drag kinging in the American South, explores how drag helps people understand gender expression, shows how kings use drag as a way to learn about and become comfortable with gender identities that fall outside of the norms of Southern culture, and considers some of the controversies within the drag community.

While drag subcultures have gained mainstream media attention in recent years, the main focus has been on female impersonators. Equally lively, however, is the community of drag kings: cis women, trans men, and non-binary people who perform exaggerated masculine personas onstage under such names as Adonis Black, Papi Chulo, and Oliver Clothesoff.

King of Hearts shows how drag king performers are thriving in an unlikely location: Southern Bible Belt states like Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina. Based on observations and interviews with sixty Southern drag kings, this study reveals how they are challenging the region's gender norms while creating a unique community with its own distinctive Southern flair. Reflecting the region's racial diversity, it profiles not only white drag kings, but also those who are African American, multiracial, and Hispanic.

Queer scholar Baker A. Rogers—who has also performed as drag king Macon Love—takes you on an insider's tour of Southern drag king culture, exploring its history, the communal bonds that unite it, and the controversies that have divided it. King of Hearts offers a groundbreaking look at a subculture that presents a subversion of gender norms while also providing a vital lifeline for non-gender-conforming Southerners.

BAKER A. ROGERS is an associate professor of sociology at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. Baker is the author of Conditionally Accepted: Christians' Perspectives on Sexuality and Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights (Rutgers University Press) and Trans Men in the South: Becoming Men.

Introduction
Chapter 1: History of Drag Kinging in the Southeastern United States
Chapter 2: Drag Kinging at the Intersections of Identities
Chapter 3: Drag Kinging as a Resource for Everyday Life
Chapter 4: Controversies in the Drag King Community
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Demographics Table
Appendix B: My Queer Methodology
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.09.2021
Zusatzinfo	13 b-w images, 1 table
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	4 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9781978820548 / 9781978820548
Zustand	Neuware