| Description |
xxxiii, 344 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Unnatural acts |
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Unnatural acts.
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| Contents |
1. Acts of Intervention -- 2. One and Counting: Early AIDS Plays -- 3. "It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To!" - AIDS Performance and the Circulation of Camp in the Late 1980s and Early 1990s -- 4. Solo Performance and the Body on Stage -- 5. Pomo Afro Homos' Fierce Love: Intervening in the Cultural Politics of Race, Sexuality, and AIDS -- 6. Teatro Viva! - Latino Performance and the Politics of AIDS in Los Angeles -- 7. November 1, 1992: AIDS/Angels in America -- 8. Negative Energies: HIV-Negatives and the Problem of Seroconversion -- Afterword: Rent's Due |
| Summary |
From cabarets and candlelight vigils to full-scale Broadway productions such as Angels in America and Rent, over the past fifteen years public performances and dramatic texts have shaped, and been shaped by, the history of AIDS. Author David Roman examines the ways that gay men have used alternative, activist, and mainstream theatre and performance to intervene in the AIDS crisis. He considers solo performance, community-based projects, mixed-media events, activist demonstrations, and AIDS education theatre initiatives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease) in literature.
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American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Gay actors -- United States -- Biography.
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Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
97035808 |
| ISBN |
0253211689 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0253333709 (cl : alk. paper) |
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