The Drag King Book

by Del LaGrace Volcano, J. Jack Halberstam, Cleo Qian

What is a drag king? Why have drag kings not been as numerous or as popular as their drag queen counterparts in popular culture? Are drag kings lesbians? The Drag King Book tells you everything you've... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852426071
• ISBN13: 9781852426071
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Good insight to the world of Drag Kings around the globe

I found this book very informative and the pictures are awesome. It is a good look at the lives and lifestyles of Drag Kings. Some of the ladies look so much like men and have been photographed so well one would never believe what really lies under their shirts.:-)

What took you so long boys? Women stand up and be counted!

I bought this book after watching some amazing drag kings on The Maury Show--an experience which really knocked me out! Shows what an absolute obsession we all have with gender and our quest to find some kind of "truth" therein.I'm only half way through the book but just had to tell the world how extraordinary this new(?) subculture is. I loved the images and loved reading the interviews especially. You Go Boys & Girls!

chicks with d**ks ... gotta love it!

Run don't walk to the nearest webpage/bookstore and get yourhands on this book! You won't be sorry; see the cutest boyz putting a1990s spin on masculinity and sex like nothing you've seen before. See for yourself; you've seen the imitations: men performing masculinity on the Hollywood screen, reporters passing as men in king for a day workshops. Find the Drag King Book and see the originators; go on, don't be afraid, you know you want to. Girls who identify as boyz, who pass completely as boyz, 'kinging' it up onstage offstage and in and around just about every stage you could dream up! GO GO GO find this book, delight in the superb photographs, learn something and get bent! it changed my life and it'll change yours too!

A great introduction to drag kings!

I wanna be a drag king! How cool, how fun! Great pictures and a very easy read. Buy it! be it!

Fantasic photographs, insightful interviews and much more.

I can't believe it's taken this long for Drag Kings to be seen and heard, but THE DRAG KING BOOK more than makes up for the wait. I had never heard of drag kings before I literally ran into this book and my eyes have been wide open ever since. As a novice in this field I found the book to be a very enjoyable read and the photographs pure pleasure. I had no idea that women could so convincingly impersonate such a wide range of men, and more than a few are stunningly sexy, even to a confirmed heterosexual woman such as myself. When are they coming to Texas?