“Why Be Something That You’re Not?” Punk Performance and the Epistemology of Queer Minstrelsy

Drew Daniel

This essay examines the phenomenon of “queer minstrelsy”—roughly, straight performers pretending onstage and in their lyrics to be gay, here exemplified by the Meatmen, the Frogs, and Zeigenbock Kopf—as a means for thinking about performance as both a catalyst for, … Continue reading ““Why Be Something That You’re Not?” Punk Performance and the Epistemology of Queer Minstrelsy”

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“Gimme Gimme This… Gimme Gimme That” Annihilation and Innovation in the Punk Rock Commons

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The great paradox of any punk scene is the ways in which it can simultaneously foster a sort of nihilistic individualism and an often transformational sense of commonality. This essay considers the performance of a punk rock commons that emerged … Continue reading ““Gimme Gimme This… Gimme Gimme That” Annihilation and Innovation in the Punk Rock Commons”

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