The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater

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Great sparkles of lust : homophobia and the antitheatrical tradition / Alisa Solomon -- The queer root of theater / Laurence Senelick -- "Porno-tropics" : some thoughts on Shakespeare, colonialism, and sexuality / Ania Loomba -- Setting the stage behind the seen : performing lesbian history / Valerie Traub -- "The man I love" : the erotics of friendship in restoration theater / George E. Haggerty -- "Be true to yearning" : notes on the pioneers of queer theater / Don Shewey -- From the invisible to the ridiculous : the emergence of an out theater aesthetic / a conversation among Moe Angelos, Susan Finque, Lola Pashalinski, Everett Quinton, Ana Maria Simo, and Doric Wilson, moderated by Don Shewey -- Queer theater and the disarticulation of identity / David Savran -- Out across America : playing from P.S. 122 to Peoria / a conversation among Holly Hughes, Deb Parks-Satterfield, and Paula Vogel, moderated by Cynthia Mayeda -- "Being" a lesbian : Apple Island and the performance of community / Stacy Wolf -- "Preaching to the converted" / David Roman and Tim Miller -- Queer theater, queer theory : Luis Alfaro's Cuerpo politizado / Jost Esteban Munoz -- When we were warriors / Brian Freeman -- The kids stay in the picture, or, toward a new queer theater / Randy Gener -- Goodnight Irene : an endnote / Carmelita Tropicana.