Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene

by Gerald H. Gaskin

Gerard H. Gaskin's radiant color and black-and-white photographs take us inside the culture of house balls, underground events where gay and transgender men and women, mostly African American and Latino, come together to see and be seen. At balls, high-spirited late-night pageants, members of particular "houses"--the House of Blahnik, the House of Xtravaganza--"walk," competing for trophies in categories based on costume, attitude, dance moves, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822355825
• ISBN13: 9780822355823
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.3" x 12.4"