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History in Drag

Year: 2017

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This chapter examines the performances of Miss Ketty Teanga, a Chicago-based trans-Latina drag queen, and argues they were an example of Latina/o queer worldmaking. Miss Ketty’s performances evoked history through her fashion, hair, makeup, and musical taste in order to present alternative patterns of cultural consumption to her young fans. In contrast to mainstream drag culture and popular media’s pop-oriented, fast-paced choreography, her performances evoked a queer past by drawing on slow, dramatic presentations of boleros that emphasized upper-body choreography.

Source: University of Illinois Press eBooks

DOI: 10.5622/illinois/9780252041211.003.0012

Author: Ramón H. Rivera-Servera

Language: English

Topic: Latin American and Latino Studies

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4251337487

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