How to be gay

B+ could try harder

Diary of a scandal

History of an error

American falsettos

Gay identity and its discontents

Homosexuality's closet

What's gayer than gay?

The queen is not dead

Why are the drag queens laughing?

Culture and genre

The passion of the crawford

Suffering in quotation marks

The beauty and the camp

Mommie queerest

Gay family romance

Men act, women appear

The sexual politics of genre

Tragedy into melodrama

Bitch baskets

Gay femininity

Gender and genre

The meaning of style

Irony and misogyny

What is gay culture?

Judy Garland vs. identity art

Culture vs. subculture

Queer forever

Endnotes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Part 1: B+ Could try harder. Diary of a scandal ; History of an error

Part 2: American falsettos. Gay identity and its discontents ; Homosexuality's closet ; What's gayer than gay? ; The queen is not dead

Part 3: Why are the drag queens laughing?. Culture and genre ; The passion of the Crawford ; Suffering in quotation marks ; The beauty and the camp

Part 4: Mommie queerest. Gay family romance ; Men act, women appear ; The sexual politics of genre ; Tragedy into melodrama

Part. 5: Bitch baskets. Gay femininity ; Gender and genre ; The meaning of style ; Irony and misogyny

Part 6: What is gay culture?. Judy Garland versus identity art ; Culture versus subculture ; Queer forever.