<![CDATA[Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America]]>

false <![CDATA[Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174197115m/370065.jpg 370065 3 <div>For two years Ester Newton did field research in the world of drag queens—homosexual men who make a living impersonating women. Newton spent time in the noisy bars, the chaotic dressing rooms, and the cheap apartments and hotels that make up the lives of drag queens, interviewing informants whose trust she had earned and compiling a lively, first-hand ethnographic account of the culture of female impersonators. Mother Camp explores the distinctions that drag queens make among themselves as performers, the various kinds of night clubs and acts they depend on for a living, and the social organization of their work. A major part of the book deals with the symbolic geography of male and female styles, as enacted in the homosexual concept of "drag" (sex role transformation) and "camp," an important humor system cultivated by the drag queens themselves. "Newton's fascinating book shows how study of the extraordinary can brilliantly illuminate the ordinary—that social-sexual division of personality, appearance, and activity we usually take for granted."—Jonathan Katz, author of Gay American History "A trenchant statement of the social force and arbitrary nature of gender roles."—Martin S. Weinberg, Contemporary Sociology</div> 1171988 1973 Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America total:26|5:11|4:6|3:8|2:1| 26 105 38 3 5 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 13:49:39 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 13:53:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 16 21:24:12 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 21:35:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 28 12:15:33 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 20:06:24 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 04:34:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 04:34:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 10:28:33 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 10:28:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 10 22:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 22:02:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 22 08:44:16 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 08:44:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 19:29:05 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 19:29:05 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 13:26:05 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 13:26:05 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 23 22:56:25 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 12:15:59 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 22:56:25 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 17:58:51 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 17:58:51 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Oct 18 05:07:55 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 05:07:55 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Sep 19 10:38:04 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 10:38:04 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Sep 18 17:30:24 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 20:00:07 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 17:30:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Sep 01 21:28:15 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 21:28:15 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jul 30 20:53:13 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 20:53:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 27 09:17:14 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 10:10:07 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jul 25 08:14:32 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 08:14:32 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jul 14 06:02:48 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 06:02:48 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jun 13 06:53:29 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 06:53:29 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=370065