Queer Behavior: Scott Burton and Performance Art

by David J. Getsy

The first book to chart Scott Burton's performance art and sculpture of the 1970s.

Scott Burton (1939-89) created performance art and sculpture that drew on queer experience and the sexual cultures that flourished in New York City in the 1970s. David J. Getsy argues that Burton looked to body language and queer behavior in public space--most importantly, street cruising--as foundations for rethinking the audiences and possibilities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226817067
• ISBN13: 9780226817064
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.1" x 10.1"