Knowra Drag king Drag king A performer who adopts masculine clothing, mannerisms, or personas for entertainment or artistic expression. Drag kings may be women or people of other genders.
Drag performance : A performance practice that uses exaggerated gender presentation, character, or theatrical transformation. Drag king acts belong to drag performance and draw on its theatrical techniques.
Minstrel show : A nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century entertainment form built around racist caricature and variety performance. Its cross-gender acts form part of the complicated history of theatrical masculinity and impersonation.
Murray Hill : An American drag king, comedian, and entertainer known for a brash, old-school emcee persona. Hill is a prominent contemporary example of a drag king building a recognizable stage character.
Drag queen : A performer who adopts feminine clothing, mannerisms, or personas for entertainment or artistic expression. Drag queens and drag kings work with contrasting gender presentations, though their techniques can overlap.
Female masculinity : Masculinity embodied or expressed by women, especially as examined outside assumptions that masculinity belongs to men. Drag king performance can expose and amplify forms of masculinity associated with women.
Gender performance : The enactment of gender through repeated gestures, styles, and social behaviors. Masculine drag makes gendered behaviors visible by staging them as deliberate choices.
Music hall : A popular theatrical entertainment featuring varied acts such as songs, comedy, and dance. Music-hall stages offered settings for performers who played across gender conventions.
Diane Torr : A Scottish-born performance artist and educator known for drag king workshops and performances. Torr helped develop drag king practice through teaching as well as stage work.
Female impersonation : The theatrical portrayal of women by performers who present as men outside the role. Its conventional framing differs from drag king practice, which does not require a performer’s gender identity.
Butch (identity) : A gendered identity and style associated with masculine expression, especially in lesbian and queer communities. Butch identity may inform a drag king character, but identity and theatrical role are not interchangeable.
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