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| Title: | Beneath the Sequined Surface
: An Insight into Sydney Drag |
| Author: | Carol Langley |
| ISBN: | 086819767X : 9780868197678 |
| Illustrations: | colour & b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 290x200mm |
| Pages: | 156 |
| Weight: | .802 Kg. |
| Published: | Currency Press - April 2006 |
| List Price: | 26.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Variety shows; music hall; cabaret: Transsexuals |
Drag is an integral part of Australian culture, and Sydney drag -- which is highly creative and immensely professional -- is said to be the best in the world. This book captures the colour and vibrancy of this art and gives a rare insight into the reality of this often-stereotyped scene.
Preface; Introduction; Claire de Lune - Spotlighting the Man; Vanity Faire - The Vision Beautiful; Polly Petrie - Rude, Lewd and Crude; Mitzi MacIntosh - Comedy Queen; Dorreen Manganini - Brio and Bush Tales; Verushka Darling - Irony and Subversion; Maxi Shield - Voluptuosity and Verve; Miss 3D - Fantasy and Performance Art; Joyce Maynge - The Aussie Battler; Portia Turbo - Sultry Glamour; In Closing; Index.
