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Drag Diaries pulls back the curtain on a campy, vivacious, underground society of high heels and attitude, complete with extravagant cross-dressing, glittering exposure, and fabulous costumes. Evoking a wholesome decadence that resembles Barnum and Bailey more than Sodom and Gomorrah, drag is everywhere today, creating a splash on the international fashion scene and exerting a major influence on designers, models, stylists, and photographers. Guys have been dressing up as dolls virtually since the beginning of time. From Greek classical theater to the transvestite balls of the French Belle epoch, from Some Like It Hot and Tootsie to Paris Is Burning and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, men posing as women have been part of our culture - both gay and straight - for centuries. A veritable who's who of hoo-ha, Drag Diaries offers the inside scoop on drag history and culture - including a chronology of drag-related films, an annual drag calendar, a drag-inspired reading list, an essential drag shopping guide, and interviews with famous drag entertainers, from Joey Arias to Lypsinka - in a witty, irreverent guide to a world that has made a celebration of difference and an art form of it exuberance. |
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Readers' Comments
Diane Sutton
This book is fun photos and fun writing, not to mention the bilbiography of books and movies. The pages are thick, glossy, and every two page opening yields at least one wonderful phtograph. This book is just a delight to hold in your hands and is appropriate for (almost) any coffee table. Like Guy to Goddess, this book is simply FUN.
Emily Calabrese TheLead@aol.com
I would like info on drag shows done in the 1960's. tanks
Suwgar Suwgar@hotmail.com
If anyone has any tips on drag king costumes and makeup please email me. thank you Suwgar
Vanessa Vaughn
simply fun reading plus fab pics i love it!
Melva Brown melvabrown@eudoramail.com
I adore this book! It satisfies my drag cravings every day (or rather, every 4 hours). I just wish I could find out more about Mathu and Zaldy...