The fierce tribe : masculine identity and performance in the Circuit

The fierce tribe masculine identity and performance in the Circuit

Mickey Weems applies overtly interdisciplinary interpretation to a subject that demands such a breakdown of intellectual boundaries. This is an ethnography that documents the folk nature of popular culture. The Circuit, an expression of Gay culture, comprises large dance events (gatherings, celeb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weems, Mickey (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan, UT : Utah State University Press c2008.
Subjects:
Gay and lesbian dance parties > Social aspects > United States.
Gay culture > United States.
Gay men > United States > Identity.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430336406719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: fascists and whores
  • pt. I. Fierce:
  • Banishing the God of mediocrity
  • The few, the proud, the cracked
  • Thousands of dancing gay men
  • Fierceness
  • The girlfriends
  • Harm reduction
  • pt. II. Tribe: A history of festive homosexuality: 1700-1969 CE
  • A history of the Circuit(s): 1969 CE-present
  • A tale of two cities: NOLA and MIA
  • pt. III. Pulse: Popular dance
  • Axe
  • From marching soldier to dancing Queen
  • PART IV ecstasy
  • The DJ
  • Stepping out.

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