{"product_id":"the-queerest-art-9780814798119","title":"The Queerest Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Shakespeare''s gender-bending play \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e to the the critically-acclaimed Broadway hit \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e, from 17th century kabuki theater of Japan?performed by cross-dressing prostitutes?to the NEA-denounced performance art of Holly Hughes, theater has long been?as co-editor Alisa Solomon terms it?the queerest art.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Queerest Art\u003c\/b\u003e is a pioneering collection of essays by and conversations among a diverse range of leading theater academics and artists. The first anthology to bring scholars and makers of queer theater into direct dialogue, the volume explores such subjects as same-sex desire in Restoration comedy, the racialized impact of colonial Shakespeare, the cuerpo politizado of a performance artist in contemporary Los Angeles, and the nitty-gritty of getting a queer show presented in Peoria. \u003cb\u003eThe Queerest Art\u003c\/b\u003e rereads the history of performance as a celebration and critique of dissident sexualities, exploring the politics of pleasure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich and varied collection, featuring the voices both of academics and theatre practitioners.\" * American Theatre *\u003cbr\u003e\"The panel discussions...contributes a warm, witty and deliciously rhetorical piece.\" * Lambda Book Report *\u003cbr\u003e\"This stimulating collection of essays critically examines and celebrates what, for centuries, many have deeply feared and many others have known and cherished to be true-that theatre is, indeed, the queerest art. The special ephermerality and perilousness of queer existence on- and offstage make this volume's excellently rendered project of documentation through performance, writing, and publication not only admirable and necessary but urgent.\" * The Drama Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Eclectic array of essays.\" * Theater Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Great Sparkles of Lust: Homophobia and the Antitheatrical Tradition     2 The Queer Root of Theater      3 \"Porno-Tropics\": Some Thoughts on Shakespeare, Colonialism, and Sexuality     4 Setting the Stage behind the Seen: Performing Lesbian History     5 \"The Man I Love\": The Erotics of Friendship in Restoration Theater      6 \"Be True to Yearning\": Notes on the Pioneers of Queer Theater     7 From the Invisible to the Ridiculous: The Emergence of an Out Theater Aesthetic     8 Queer Theater and the Disarticulation of Identity     9 Out across America: Playing from P.S. 122 to Peoria     10 \"Being\" a Lesbian: Apple Island and the Performance of Community     11 \"Preaching to the Converted\"     12 Queer Theater, Queer Theory: Luis Alfaro's Cuerpo Politizado     13 When We Were Warriors     14 The Kids Stay in the Picture, or, Toward a New Queer Theater   15 Goodnight Irene: An Endnote\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405920543063,"sku":"9780814798119","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814798119.jpg?v=1730493908","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-queerest-art-9780814798119","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}