King of Hearts: Drag Kings in the American South Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology Publisher: Wintertickle Press

Publisher: Wintertickle Press

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King of Hearts: Drag Kings in the American South Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology Publisher: Wintertickle PressWhile 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