Simon Doonan: Drag - The Complete Story

UK 2024, 240 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 22.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Laurence King
Drag is transformation, communication, and, above all, exaggeration, where gender non-conformity is the plat du jour. This fearless book observes this increasingly complex world by exploring drag's journey - from the surprising, to the sophisticated, to the utterly bizarre - through the 20th century and up to the present day. With witty text, dazzling photography, and corralled into thematic chapters, ... Weiterlesen

Nan Goldin: The Other Side

D 2023, 192 pp., hardbound, € 49.40
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Steidl
This is an expanded and updated version of Nan Goldin's seminal book »The Other Side«, originally published in 1993. There will be a revised introduction by Goldin, and for the first time the voices of those whose stories are represented. Now being released at a time when the discourse around gender and sexual orientation is evolving, »The Other Side« traces ... Weiterlesen

Sasha Velour: The Big Reveal

An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag. UK 2023, 240 pp., hardbound, € 59.95
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Harper Collins
This book is a quilt, piecing together memoir, history, and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an art. Within these pages, illustrated throughout with photos and original artwork, Sasha Velour illuminates drag as a unique form of expression with a rich history and a revolutionary spirit. Each chapter strips off a new layer, removing one tantalizing glove ... Weiterlesen

Bimini Bon Boulash: A Drag Queen's Guide to Life

UK 2021, 246 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 16.95
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Penguin UK
Bimini Bon Boulash is the nation's sweetheart, capturing hearts and minds as the gag-inducing, death-dropping, plant-based breakout star of RuPaul's »Drag Race UK Season 2«. Not only did she make us laugh and cry, she showed us how to develop a positive mental attitude and live happily and healthily outside society's idea of »normal«. Telling the story of how drag ... Weiterlesen

Trixie Mattel / Katya: Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood

USA 2020, 198 pp. with numerous color photographs, hardback, € 34.95
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Plume
Drag superstars Trixie Mattel and Katya have long captivated fans with their stunning looks, onscreen chemistry, and signature wit. In »Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood«, the pair channel that energy into an old-school etiquette guide for ladies. In essays, conversations, and how-to sections peppered with hilarious, gorgeous photos, Trixie and Katya will advise readers on beauty and fashion ... Weiterlesen

George Lester: Boy Queen

Life's a Drag Until You Try ... UK 2020, 396 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Macmillan
Robin Cooper's life is falling apart. While his friends prepare to head off to university, Robin is looking at a pile of rejection letters from drama schools up and down the country, and facing a future without the people he loves the most. Everything seems like it's ending, and Robin is scrabbling to find his feet. Unsure about what to ... Weiterlesen

Hendrik Kempt / Megan Volpert: RuPaul's Drag Race and Philosophy: Sissy That Thought

USA 2019, 256 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Open Court
As RuPaul has said, this is the Golden Age of Drag--and that's chiefly the achievement of RuPaul's Drag Race, which in its eleventh year is more popular than ever, and has now become fully mainstream in its appeal. The show has an irresistible allure for folks of all persuasions and proclivities. Yet serious or philosophical discussion of its exponential success ... Weiterlesen

RuPaul: GuRu

USA 2018, 208 pp. illustrated, hardbound, € 34.95
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Harper Collins
A timeless collection of philosophies from renaissance performer and the worlds most famous shape-shifter drag queen RuPaul, whose sage outlook has created an unprecedented career for more than thirty years. »GuRu« is packed with more than 80 beautiful photographs that illustrate the concept of building the life you want from the outside in and the inside out. »You're born naked ... Weiterlesen

Greg Bailey: Alright Darling?

The Contemporary Drag Scene. D 2018, 256 pp. with numerous colour photographs, brochure, € 24.95
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Laurence King
»Alright Darling?« is a visual celebration of the uninhibited, unapologetic and unafraid wonderland of contemporary drag. Showcasing the world's fiercest drag queens, along with their wild fashion - and the wit, realness, backstage antics and outrageous shade of drag culture - the book includes fresh shots of the ringleaders of this world, including: Adore Delano, Alyssa Edwards, Courtney Act, Detox, ... Weiterlesen

Sophie Fiennes: Grace Jones - Bloodlight And Bami

USA 2017, OF, engl. UT, 115 Min., € 25.00
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Documentary focusing on flamboyant entertainer Grace Jones. Clips show Grace's family-oriented private life, on-stage performances including famous hits »Slave to the Rhythm« and »Pull Up to the Bumper«, studio recordings and interviews with friends and family discussing her fame and unique, creative personality. The director, Sophie Fiennes spends five years gathering personal footage of Grace, giving an overall homage to ... Weiterlesen

Raziel Reid: When Everything Feels Like the Movies

CAN/UK 2016, 163 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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Arsenal Pulp Press
School is just like a film set: there's The Crew, who make things happen, The Extras who fill the empty desks, and The Movie Stars, whom everyone wants tagged in their Facebook photos. But Jude doesn't fit in. He's not part of The Crew because he isn't about to do anything unless it's court-appointed. He's not an Extra because nothing ... Weiterlesen

Travis Fine (R): Any Day Now

USA 2012, OF, 98 Min., € 24.95
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Struggling musician and drag queen Rudy Donatello works out of a gay nightclub in West Hollywood, and it is here he meets and falls in love with the closeted lawyer Paul Fleiger. Living in a rundown apartment building, Rudy keeps a close eye on his neighbour Marianna and when he notices her neglect towards her teenage son with Down syndrome ... Weiterlesen

Peter Werner: Me and My Idol

D 2012, 126 S., Farbe, geb., € 40.99
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Bruno Gmünder
In dieser schwulen Hommage an große Frauen drückt sich die Faszination von Schwulen für ihre Idole aus. Erst wenn eine Diva oder ein aufstrebendes Starlet auf den Bühnen der schwulen Subkultur von Drag Queens imitiert oder parodiert wird, hat sie es wirklich zum Star geschafft, bekommt sie dadurch quasi den schwulen Adelstitel verpasst. In »Me and My Idol« lichtete Peter ... Weiterlesen

James St. James: Freak Show

USA 2008, 298 pp., brochure, € 8.79
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Meet Billy Bloom, a new student at the ultra-white, ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy. To call Billy a drag queen is much too simple. Billy would describe himself in many ways: Twinkle Queen. Glitteroid. Gender Obscurist. Billy's not your usual kind and not your usual drag queen, either. Life isn't going to be easy for him at his new ... Weiterlesen

Billy Weber / David Weissman: The Cockettes

USA 2004, OF, 100 Min., € 14.99
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Founded on New Year's Eve, 1969 by George Harris, aka »Hibiscus«, the Cockettes were a troupe of flamboyant hippy drag performers who took San Francisco by storm. Over the next two and a half years they created 20 outrageous and colourful shows (with titles like »A Crab on Uranus Means You're Loved«) and several films, culminating in an off-Broadway show ... Weiterlesen

Pieter-Dirk Uys: Elections and Erections

A Memoir of Fear and Fun. SA 2002, 232 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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Pieter-Dirk Uys is arguably South Africa's most famous satirist, AIDS activist and cross-dresser. Here, in his memoirs, he writes with his customary combination of wit and wisdom on such diverse topics as his youth, his early days in theatre, and the birth of Evita Bezuidenhout - his alter ego. He deals frankly with sex, politics, HIV/AIDS and the bizarre twists ... Weiterlesen

Veronica Vera: Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success

A Resource Guide for Boys Who Want to Be Girls. USA 2002, 217 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 19.95
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Random House
Veronica Vera, creator and founder of the world's first cross-dressing academy, knows that a host of goods and services for the girl with something extra are just a mouse click away. But who wants to spend hours surfing the Net? Fear no more: Miss Vera has done the legwork, combing the Internet for irresistible and fun fashions, friendly social groups, ... Weiterlesen

Pieter-Dirk Uys: The Essential Evita Bezuidenhout

SA 1997, 94 pp., hardbound, € 12.95
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An A to Z of the inimitable Evita's opinions on almost everything. Compiled by Pieter-Dirk Uys.