File spoon-archives/french-feminism.archive/french-feminism_1996/96-10-07.165, message 191


Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 08:09:14 -0600 (CST)
From: dralfonso-AT-msuvx2.memphis.edu
Subject: Re: drag


Michelle,

You know that I found it no so much useful as disturbing.  Did anyone 
else get this sense?  But perhaps I should explain myself more....  rita

On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Michelle Bauer (ENG) wrote:

> 
> 
> Hello Leah,
> 
> With respect to "Paris is Burning," you may wish to check out Judith
> Butler's recent book _Bodies that Matter_ (routledge).  She has a whole
> chapter on the film, and I found it really quite useful.
> 
> Michelle
> 
> On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Leah Sheppard wrote:
> 
> > I'm about to begin researching a (short) paper on drag, too.  Starting
> > with Paris is Burning.  Recommendations for critical essays would
> > be most helpful to me.
> >
> > --LeaH
> >
> > >Could someone please refer me to any sort or genre of artistic works
> > >dealing with gender mimicry, costuming, even drag? I'm starting
> > >out by looking at Cindy Sherman's film stills. Thanks.
> > >Sarah Blackwood
> > >
> > >
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