King of Hearts: Drag Kings in the American South Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology and sophisticated introduction to the

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Author: Roger Normand

King of Hearts: Drag Kings in the American South Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology and sophisticated introduction to theWhile drag subcultures have gained mainstream media attention in recent years, the main focus has been on female impersonators. Equally lively, however, is the community of drag kings: cis women, trans men, and non binary people who perform exaggerated masculine personas onstage under such names as Adonis Black, Papi Chulo, and Oliver Clothesoff. King of Hearts shows how drag king performers are thriving in an unlikely location: Southern Bible Belt