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Holly Hughes is one of the most popular and controversial out-there-and-in-your-face writer-performers around, and in this collection of some of her greatest hits she describes her career as an "escape" artist: how she escaped her conservative upbringing in a part of the country "where silence was the first language" to become an Obie award-winning performance artist and playwright as well as a central figure in America's culture wars.

Summary

Holly Hughes is one of the most popular and controversial out-there-and-in-your-face writer-performers around, and in this collection of some of her greatest hits she describes her career as an “escape” artist: how she escaped her conservative upbringing in a part of the country “where silence was the first language” to become an award-winning performance artist and playwright as well as a central figure in America’s culture wars. As the Los Angeles Times observed, “Holly Hughes is everything you always wanted in a lesbian performance artist–and less.”

Product details

• Authors: Holly Hughes
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.1996
• EAN: 9780802133335
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-3333-5
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, FICTION / Humorous / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Fiction: general & literary, United States of America, USA, Relating to lesbians, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, c 1900 to c 1909, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, TOPICAL / LGBT, controversial;culture wars;performance artist, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, performance artist; culture wars; controversial