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King of Hearts: Drag Kings in the American South

English

By (author): Baker A. Rogers

While drag subcultures have gained mainstream media attention in recent years, the main focus has been on female impersonators. Equally lively, however, is the community of drag kings: cis women, trans men, and non-binary people who perform exaggerated masculine personas onstage under such names as Adonis Black, Papi Chulo, and Oliver Clothesoff.  
 
King of Hearts shows how drag king performers are thriving in an unlikely location: Southern Bible Belt states like Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina. Based on observations and interviews with sixty Southern drag kings, this study reveals how they are challenging the regions gender norms while creating a unique community with its own distinctive Southern flair. Reflecting the regions racial diversity, it profiles not only white drag kings, but also those who are African American, multiracial, and Hispanic. 
 
Queer scholar Baker A. Rogerswho has also performed as drag king Macon Lovetakes you on an insiders tour of Southern drag king culture, exploring its history, the communal bonds that unite it, and the controversies that have divided it. King of Hearts offers a groundbreaking look at a subculture that presents a subversion of gender norms while also providing a vital lifeline for non-gender-conforming Southerners. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 2g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Oct 2021
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781978820531

About Baker A. Rogers

BAKER A. ROGERS is an associate professor of sociology at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. Baker is the author of Conditionally Accepted: Christians Perspectives on Sexuality and Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights (Rutgers University Press) and Trans Men in the South: Becoming Men.

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