And the category is... : inside New York's vogue, house, and ballroom community / Ricky Tucker
- Author
- Tucker, Ricky, 1982-
- Published
- Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, 2021.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Preface: Equal parts sugar and shade -- Werk -- w/the legendary Pony Zion and Benji Hart (Benji Ninja) ; Paris is burning, America's best dance crew, pose, and Madonna and the art of appropriation -- Memory -- w/Lee Soulja. Hidden figures and the history of having a ball ; Vogue icon: José Xtravaganza -- Vogue -- w/Arturo Mugler ; Learning to vogue, the five elements, and getting your life -- The children -- w/Jonovia Chase, Twiggy Pucci Garçon, Gia Love, Luna Luis Ortiz, Michael Roberson, Robert Sember, and LaLa Zannell ; Mothers, fathers, LGBTQ youth, and lost and found families ; Vogue icon: Leiomy Maldonado -- Church -- w/MikeQ and Lee Soulja. Clubs and balls as hallowed ground, house music as gospel, and the theology of Vogue'ology ; Vogue icon: Kia Labeija -- Realness -- w/Gia Love. Walking categories, trans lives, and the unexpected prevalence of gender norms within the Ballroom scene ; Vogue icon: Pony Zion -- Body -- w/Luna Luis Ortiz, LaLa Zannell, and Gia Love. Black trans bodies, body sponsorship, and resolving the trauma in our bodies -- Afterword: My two gay dads -- w/Michael Roberson and Robert Sember. The trappings of the not-for-profit industrial complex, 2020 vision, cosmology, astrology, and theology, the future of Ballroom -- and giving it up to the universe.
- Summary
- Ballroom, and the house/vogue system, is an underground subculture founded over a century ago by LQBTQ Black and Latinx people of Harlem, Creative, talent-laden, and intersectional, it transcends identity, serving as fearless response to the systemic marginalization of minority populations. Tucker reveals the complex cultural makeup and ongoing relevance of house and Ballroom, a space where trans lives have always been respected and applauded, and queer youth find safety, family, and acceptance. --
"An oral history and story-driven look inside New York's House-Ball Culture"-- - Subject(s)
- Drag balls—New York (State)—New York—History
- African American sexual minorities—New York (State)—New York—History
- Sexual minorities—New York (State)—New York—History
- Bals de travestis—New York (État)—New York—Histoire
- Minorités sexuelles noires américaines—New York (État)—New York—Histoire
- Minorités sexuelles—New York (État)—New York—Histoire
- SPORTS & RECREATION / General
- Drag balls
- Manners and customs
- Ball culture
- LGBTQ+ people
- Queer people
- LGBTQ+ people of color
- LGBTQ+ Latinx
- LGBTQ+ Black people
- New York (N.Y.)—Mœurs et coutumes
- New York (State)—New York
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)—Social life and customs—History
- New York (N.Y.)—Social life and customs
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780807003480 (hardcover)
0807003484 (hardcover)
9780807003497 (electronic book)
9780807007327 (paperback)
0807007323 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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