The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators (Journal of Homosexuality)

A clarifying examination of 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, theatre, literature - even military studies - and use a variety of approaches to address common themes and genres of presentation, performance and style.Lisa Underwood is the author of 'The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators (Journal of Homosexuality)', published 2004 under ISBN 9781560232858 and ISBN 1560232854.