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Drag : combing through the big wigs of show business / by Frank DeCaro ; foreword by Bruce Vilanch.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Rizzoli, 2019.Description: 256 pages : photographs (chiefly color), illustrations, portraits ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780847862351
  • 0847862356
  • 9780789337917
  • 0789337916
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 779.2309 23
  • 306.768 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ77 .D43 2019
Contents:
Introduction -- Chapter 1: Sequins older than dirt -- Chapter 2: Boys will be girls -- Chapter 3: Broads on the Boards -- Chapter 4: The three Charles-es -- Chapter 5: Big screen drag -- Chapter 6: TV on TV -- Chapter 7: Pyramid scheme -- Chapter 8: Sashay your way across the U.S.A. -- Chapter 9: California girls -- Chapter 10: You better burp! -- Chapter 11: Born naked -- Chapter 12: Eating Cleveland -- Drag-dendum: But wait, there's more! -- A select timeline.
Summary: "Drag celebrates the fabulous current and historical influence of drag, and its talented and inspiring performers. Since man first walked the Earth ... in heels, no other art form has wielded as unique an influence on pop culture as Drag. Drag artists have now sashayed their way to snatch the crowns as the Queens of mainstream entertainment. Through informative and witty essays chronicling over 100 years of drag, readers will embark on a Priscilla-like journey through pop culture, from television shows like The Milton Berle Show, Bosom Buddies, and RuPaul's Drag Race, films like Some Like It Hot, To Wong Foo ..., and Tootsie, and Broadway shows like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, La Cage aux Folles, and Kinky Boots. With stops in cities around the globe, and packed with interviews and commentaries on the dramas, joys, and love that "make-up" a life in wigs and heels, Drag features contributions from today's most groundbreaking and popular artists, including Bianca del Rio, Miss Coco Peru, Hedda Lettuce, Lypsinka, and Varla Jean Merman, as well as notable performers as Harvey Fierstein and Charles Busch. It includes more than 100 photos--many from performers' personal collections, and a comprehensive timeline of drag 'herstory.'"--Publisher's description.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Non Fiction 779.2309 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00808168

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Sequins older than dirt -- Chapter 2: Boys will be girls -- Chapter 3: Broads on the Boards -- Chapter 4: The three Charles-es -- Chapter 5: Big screen drag -- Chapter 6: TV on TV -- Chapter 7: Pyramid scheme -- Chapter 8: Sashay your way across the U.S.A. -- Chapter 9: California girls -- Chapter 10: You better burp! -- Chapter 11: Born naked -- Chapter 12: Eating Cleveland -- Drag-dendum: But wait, there's more! -- A select timeline.

"Drag celebrates the fabulous current and historical influence of drag, and its talented and inspiring performers. Since man first walked the Earth ... in heels, no other art form has wielded as unique an influence on pop culture as Drag. Drag artists have now sashayed their way to snatch the crowns as the Queens of mainstream entertainment. Through informative and witty essays chronicling over 100 years of drag, readers will embark on a Priscilla-like journey through pop culture, from television shows like The Milton Berle Show, Bosom Buddies, and RuPaul's Drag Race, films like Some Like It Hot, To Wong Foo ..., and Tootsie, and Broadway shows like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, La Cage aux Folles, and Kinky Boots. With stops in cities around the globe, and packed with interviews and commentaries on the dramas, joys, and love that "make-up" a life in wigs and heels, Drag features contributions from today's most groundbreaking and popular artists, including Bianca del Rio, Miss Coco Peru, Hedda Lettuce, Lypsinka, and Varla Jean Merman, as well as notable performers as Harvey Fierstein and Charles Busch. It includes more than 100 photos--many from performers' personal collections, and a comprehensive timeline of drag 'herstory.'"--Publisher's description.

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