Description
| Product ID: | 9780751585940 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | P.S. Burn This Letter Please |
| Subtitle: | The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words |
| Authors: | Author: Craig Olsen |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Gay & Lesbian studies, New York, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A personal, vivid snapshot of drag culture in 1950s New York, showing readers how modern drag culture was born through first-hand letters, photographs and lively research from incredible historians Their greatest act of resistance was simply existing. Drags, fags and trans-women were attracted to the Big Apple because they were able to find work as impersonators in a small number of Lower East Side clubs. Decades before Stonewall, they occupied the margins of society, determined to live as they pleased, despite of the attentions of the police. Sometimes reduced to stealing to get their costumes, these girls were unstoppable, fearless and fabulous. When a cache of their letters were discovered, these individuals were given a voice where they had traditionally been silenced. The letters they wrote bear witness to a time when gay community was hard to find. Blending social, political and cultural history with memoir, this book is an unforgettable and deeply moving encounter with a generation of incredible survivors and a necessary account of how modern drag culture was born. |
| Imprint Name: | Sphere |
| Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-08-15 |