Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret

List of Illustrations
Preface
Cast of Characters
1 Introduction: "What Makes a Man a Man?"
Section I: "I'm Beautiful, Dammit!"
2 Getting Dressed
3 Becoming Drag Queens
4 Being a Drag Queen
Section II: "Take Me or Leave Me"
5 The Conch Republic
6 On the Street
7 A Plate of Food and a Drag Show
8 "The Hero Would Be You"
Section III: "Life Is a Cabaret"
9 "She Works Hard for the Money"
10 Performing Protest
Section IV: "We Are Family"
11 "Crazy World"
12 The 801 Family
Section V: "Free Your Mind"
13 In a Long Tradition
14 "We're Not Just Lip-Synching Up Here, We're Changing Lives"
15 A Night at the 801
16 Theoretical Conclusions: Thinking about Drag as Social Protest
Appendix: Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Index