The Drag King Book
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some wear and minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name on fep. Binding condition: Good.
At the intersection of performance, identity, and subversion stands the drag king — a figure who commandeers masculinity with wit, swagger, and theatrical precision. The Drag King Book presents an electrifying photographic and theoretical survey of the drag king scene, capturing performers from New York, London, and San Francisco in all their crafted glory. Del LaGrace Volcano's striking photography documents the art of male impersonation with an intimacy and boldness that transforms each image into a statement, while Judith Jack Halberstam provides the sharp critical framework that situates drag kings within broader conversations about gender, performance, and queer culture. Together, the authors argue that drag kinging is not mere mimicry but a radical act of gender deconstruction — one that exposes the constructed nature of masculinity itself. Halberstam's theoretical precision meets Volcano's visceral imagery in a collaboration that is as intellectually rigorous as it is visually arresting. Praised as magnificent and breathtaking by Susie Bright, this landmark work remains essential reading for anyone curious about where gender performance ends and identity begins.
Author: Del Lagrace Volcano & Judith "Jack" Halberstam
Format: Paperback
Published: 1999, Serpent's Tail
Genre: Gender studies
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some wear and minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name on fep. Binding condition: Good.
At the intersection of performance, identity, and subversion stands the drag king — a figure who commandeers masculinity with wit, swagger, and theatrical precision. The Drag King Book presents an electrifying photographic and theoretical survey of the drag king scene, capturing performers from New York, London, and San Francisco in all their crafted glory. Del LaGrace Volcano's striking photography documents the art of male impersonation with an intimacy and boldness that transforms each image into a statement, while Judith Jack Halberstam provides the sharp critical framework that situates drag kings within broader conversations about gender, performance, and queer culture. Together, the authors argue that drag kinging is not mere mimicry but a radical act of gender deconstruction — one that exposes the constructed nature of masculinity itself. Halberstam's theoretical precision meets Volcano's visceral imagery in a collaboration that is as intellectually rigorous as it is visually arresting. Praised as magnificent and breathtaking by Susie Bright, this landmark work remains essential reading for anyone curious about where gender performance ends and identity begins.