Intimate Investments in Drag King Cultures The Rise and Fall of a Lesbian Social Scene /

• Main Author: Drysdale, Kerryn (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Gender identity.; Queer theory.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Sociology.; Gender and Sexuality.; Queer Theory.; Cultural and Media Studies, general.; Sociology, general.

This book takes the globally recognised phenomenon of drag king performances as an opportunity for critical inquiry into the rise and fall of an urban scene for lesbian and queer women in Sydney, Australia (circa 1999-2012). Exploring how a series of weekly events provided the site for intimate enco...