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ISBN:

0362-4331

Accession Number:

13811270

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Focuses on the comedy film "White Chicks" written and directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans. Challenges in dressing up African American actors Marlon and Shawn Wayans as white women in the movie; List of movies that the Wayans siblings had worked together; Difference from other cross-dressing movies.

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Vol. 153 Issue 52893, Arts & Leisure p10-10 999p; 3c

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ISBN:

0091-8369

Accession Number:

13100677

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Our editorial introduction to this volume on drag queens highlights what we believe are some of the most prominent and important themes of female impersonation in the past and today. Building on contributors' articles, a substantial body of literature on female impersonators/drag queens and the social construction of gender, and our own extensive ethnographic experiences in a multitude of drag settings, we first suggest that such individuals can be seen as symbolic representatives of the cultural ideals associated with the feminine and women and how they have changed over time. We next argue that the notion of the effeminate drag queen is more a myth than a reality with the contextual benefits many performers receive--status and power--being indicative of the hegemony of masculinity in male-dominated societies. We next explore how additional social identities, such as race, class, nation, and religion, often impact drag performances and how others interpret them. We end our introduction by offering a model that delineates what are some of the present transgressive limits and subversive possibilities of female impersonation.

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Vol. 46 Issue 3/4, p1-17 17p