Sex on Stage

"This is the first collection of original essays, articles, and images from authors, activists, artists, and scholars that grapple with the explicit body and the staging of sex across multiple spaces - from burlesque to drag, to sex work to celebrity culture. This book uncovers how gender and sexuality collide on stage in dynamic, dramatic, and thought-provoking ways. By taking a broad view of sex and the stage, it tracks influences across the underground, marginalised, and the mainstream, from 'high' contemporary live art to the 'low' of entertainment. Includes interviews, memoir, photo essays, performance scripts, roundtable discussions, flash nonfiction, and the traditional essay"--