Queer Becomings: The Ridiculous Theatrical Company’s Camille and Split Britches/Bloolips’ Belle Reprieve

Book Editors

J. Paul Halferty, Cathy Leeney

Type

Book Contribution

Publication Date

2022

Book Title

Analysing Gender in Performance

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Pages

39-55

Description

This essay provides new critical readings of two defining queer performances: The Ridiculous Theatrical Company’s Camille (1973) and Split Britches/Bloolips’ Belle Reprieve (1991), demonstrating how these two pieces reinforce a notion of queer be/coming from a comparative historical perspective. Edgecomb and Gillespie investigate how pastiche and drag are (re)envisioned in these performances to formulate approaches to camp that are distinctly queer, while also gender-specific, both reflecting and troubling the limited definitions of gender provided by the identity politics of the gay liberation movement and the decade following.

ISBN

9783030855734

DOI

10.1007/978-3-030-85574-1_3

Published Citation

Edgecomb, S.F., Gillespie, B. (2022). Queer Becomings: The Ridiculous Theatrical Company’s Camille and Split Britches/Bloolips’ Belle Reprieve. In: Halferty, J.P., Leeney, C. (eds) Analysing Gender in Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85574-1_3

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