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Butch queens up in pumps : gender, performance, and ballroom culture in Detroit / Marlon M. Bailey.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bailey, Marlon M., 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Series:	Triangulations.
Subjects:	Gay and lesbian dance parties > Michigan > Detroit. Female impersonators > Michigan > Detroit. Gay culture > Michigan > Detroit. African American gay people > Michigan > Detroit. Sexual minorities > Michigan > Detroit. Female impersonators. Gay and lesbian dance parties. Gay culture. Sexual minorities. Michigan > Detroit.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : performing gender, creating kinship, forging community
"Ain't nothing like a Butch queen" : the gender system in ballroom culture
From home to house : ballroom houses, platonic parents, and overlapping kinship
"It's gonna get severe up in here" : ball events, ritualized performance, and black queer space
"They want us sick" : ballroom culture and the politics of HIV/AIDS.