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Acts of Gaiety:
LGBT Performance & the Politics of Pleasure |
- Awards
- Book Reviews
- Robin Bernstein, “Review of Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure by Sara Warner.” Theatre Journal 65.3 (2013): 450-451.
- Jessica Del Vecchio, "Review of Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure by Sara Warner." Modern Drama 57. 2 (Summer 2014): 287-289.
- Rebecca Hewett, "Review of Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure by Sara Warner.” Theatre Annual 66 (2013): 94-96.
- Susan Elkin, "Learn from the Experts," The Stage.Co.UK 28 Nov 2013, 13.
- Alan Sikes, "Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure by Sara Warner." Theatre History Studies 33.1 (2014): 299-302.
- David Sauer, "Drama." American Literary Scholarship (2012): 379-402.
- Thomas Ponniah, "Acts of Gaiety, Acts of Resistance," Rabble.ca 23 Oct 2013.
- Lambda Literary Review by Marcie Bianco
- BiMagazine Review by Anil Vora
- M.S. LoMonaco, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 50.10 (June 2013): 1839.
- Natka Bianchini, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 30.1 (Fall 2015): 97-99.
- Videos of Talks & Lectures
- Radio and Podcast Interviews
- News Stories and Blogs
- University of Michigan Press
- Endorsements
& Praise
- "Sara Warner’s Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure
is a game-changer....By identifying and naming gaiety and by showing us
why it matters, Warner has done a great service to the fields of
theatre and performance studies, queer studies, and lesbian and
feminist studies. Gaiety may well become a keyword in these fields—a
term as useful and widely applicable as José Esteban Muñoz’s
“disidentification” or Jill Dolan’s “utopian performative.” Like these
terms, Warner’s “act of gaiety” helps us to understand performance as
embodied thought, as theory in action. Thus her book, like some of the
best books in our field, helps us to understand how performance and
theatre are political, and how politics, when most powerful, is always
performative." - Robin Bernstein, Harvard University
- “Acts of Gaiety
is a rollicking ride. Sara Warner revises both lesbian feminist
histories, emphasizing riotous joyful action rather than earnest
righteousness, and queer theoretical trends, stressing pleasurable
politics over loss and the death drive. And who wouldn’t want to spend
the day reading about the Lavender Menace, Valerie Solanas, the Five
Lesbian Brothers, and Hothead Paisan?” — Lisa Duggan, New York
University
- "Acts of Gaiety
is a great read. Filled with excellent research that sets the various
theater productions in context and accompanied by a compelling
historical account of the conjunctions of riot and revelry in LGBT
liberation movements, it will make an impact on a number of different
fields." — Judith (Jack) Halberstam, USC
- "Acts of Gaiety
is a wonderful reframing of the politics of pleasure, away from
self-indulgent negative affects, in contemporary queer studies."
---Marcie Bianco, Lambda Literary Review
- "Warner
should be applauded for her attempt to investigate the historical
emergence of "homoliberalism" and to reanimate gaiety -- in all its
complexity, affection and aspiration -- as a political value for those
progressives whose eyes remain focused not just on the ebb and flow of
the moment but on a grander possibility just over the horizon." -
Thomas Ponniah, Harvard University
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