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And the category is... : inside New York's vogue, house, and ballroom community

Title: And the category is... : inside New York's vogue, house, and ballroom community / Ricky Tucker.
Author: Tucker, Ricky, 1982-
Publication: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2021]

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Description

xiv, 232 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"An oral history and story-driven look inside New York's House-Ball Culture"--
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. --

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Werk -- w/the Legendary Pony Zion and Benji Hart (Benji Ninja) -- Paris Is Burning, Americas Best Dance Crew, Pose, and Madonna and the art of appropriation -- ch. 2 Memory -- w/Lee Soulja -- Hidden figures and the history of having a ball -- Vogue Icon: Jose Xtravaganza -- ch. 3 Vogue -- w/Arturo Mugler -- Learning to vogue, the five elements, and getting your life -- ch. 4 The Children -- w/Jonovia Chase, Twiggy Pucci Garcon, 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 -- ch. 5 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 -- ch. 6 Realness -- w/Gia Love -- Walking categories, trans lives, and the unexpected prevalence of gender norms within the Ballroom scene -- Vogue Icon: PonyZion -- ch. 7 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.

Call Number

*MGS (U.S.) 23-754

ISBN

9780807003480
0807003484

LCCN

2021019362

OCLC

1241164348

Author

Tucker, Ricky, 1982- author.

Title

And the category is... : inside New York's vogue, house, and ballroom community / Ricky Tucker.

Publisher

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

*MGS (U.S.) 23-754

Sc E 22-579

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