http://www.extensionsjournal.org/tags/queer The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.extensionsjournal.org/the-journal/4/embodying-the-past-citing-and-circulating-celebrity <p>Celebrities such as Joan Crawford and Elvis are very much alive today in theaters, night clubs, and performance spaces. Images of stars from the 1940s and the 1950s are recreated by drag kings and queens, professional impersonators, performance artists, and even mainstream actors long past the lifetime of the original celebrities. Many of these performances are reiterations, repeating cultural images of historical celebrities and celebrating a nostalgic image of a bygone era.<p><a href="http://www.extensionsjournal.org/the-journal/4/embodying-the-past-citing-and-circulating-celebrity">read more</a></p> drag history performance queer Wed, 21 May 2008 21:20:16 -0700 admin 56 at http://www.extensionsjournal.org