"They lived their life and they didn't bother anybody": African American Female Impersonators and Pittsburgh's Hill District, 1920-1960.
The article discusses the history of African American female impersonators in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 20th century. According to the author, many residents of the district were tolerant of ethnic, class, sexual, and racial differences and of people who crossed these...
| Publicado en: | American Quarterly Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 983 - 1012 |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Dec2011
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