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Kabuki is well known for its exaggerated acting, flamboyant costumes and makeup, and unnatural storylines. The onnagata, usually male actors who perform the roles of women, have been an important aspect of kabuki since its beginnings in the 17th century. In a "labyrinth" of gendering, the practice of men playing women's roles has affected the manifestations of femininity in Japanese society. In this case study of how gender has been defined and redefined through the centuries, Maki Isaka examines how the onnagata's theatrical gender "impersonation" has shaped the concept and mechanisms of femininity and gender construction in Japan. The implications of the study go well beyond disciplinary and geographic cloisters.

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Examine the cultural and political implications of male-to-female gender performance! The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators examines the phenomena of male-to-female gender performance and the people who live it. This provocative collection of original essays explores the possibilities, limitations, ironies, and controversies surrounding men who perform as women to an audience that knows the truth but celebrates the illusion. The book's contributors call on extensive backgrounds in sociology, anthropology, theater, literature.

Transvestism. --- Transvestites. --- Female impersonators. --- Crossdressers --- Femmiphilliacs --- Transvestites --- Persons --- Cross-dressers (Female impersonators) --- Crossdressers (Female impersonators) --- Drag queens --- Impersonators, Female --- Impersonators of women --- Queens, Drag --- Actors --- Transvestism --- Crossdressing --- Eonism --- Psychosexual disorders --- Paraphilias --- Drag queens. --- Drag performance. --- Cross-dressing --- Cross-dressers --- Drag kinging (Performing arts) --- Drag queening (Performing arts) --- Performing arts --- Entertainers

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Informed by queer and feminist theories, this book offers a critical and historical reinterpretation of theatrical cross-dressing in Chinese culture embodied in various discourses, texts and artifacts from the eighth century to the present time.

Operas, Chinese --- Transvestism. --- Male impersonators --- Female impersonators --- Sex role --- Theater --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Cross-dressers (Female impersonators) --- Crossdressers (Female impersonators) --- Drag queens --- Impersonators, Female --- Impersonators of women --- Queens, Drag --- Actors --- Cross-dressers (Male impersonators) --- Crossdressers (Male impersonators) --- Drag kings --- Impersonators, Male --- Impersonators of men --- Kings, Drag --- Actresses --- Transvestism --- Crossdressing --- Eonism --- Psychosexual disorders --- Beijing operas --- Chinese operas --- Ching chü --- Jingju --- Operas, Beijing --- Operas, Peking --- Peking operas --- Pʻing chü (Chinese operas) --- Chinese drama --- Analysis, appreciation. --- Persons --- Paraphilias --- Cross-dressing. --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles --- Gender identity --- Costume --- History and criticism. --- History.

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"This latest addition to the Queer Film Classics series is an homage to Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston's brilliant and award-winning 1991 documentary that captures the energy, ambition, wit, and struggle of African-American and Latino participants in the 1980s New York drag ball scene. An unlikely hit when it was first released, the film is a lively, touchingly empathetic portrait of urban drag culture, introducing such performers as Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, and Angie Xtravaganza. Paris is Burning generated enthusiastic buzz from audiences and critics, as well as impassioned debate: did the film present a subversive perspective on the crass values of the 1980s, or did it exploit its subjects and pander to privileged movie audiences? Regardless, the film is considered one of the key films of the New Queer Cinema, and resonates with audiences to this day. Author Lucas Hilderbrand contextualizes the film within the longer history of drag balls, the practices of documentary, the fervor of the culture wars, and issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class."--

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Shakespeare Without Women is a controversial study of female impersonation and the connections between dramatic and political representation in Shakespeare's plays.

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