These businesses incubated new subcultures like disco clones, lipstick lesbians, fetish queers, and queer punks that represented interventions in gay and lesbian identities. The performance stages within these spaces became theaters for drag queens, actors and other performers to speak to the values and struggles of their audiences, while the dance floors granted patrons license to embody the meaning of songs and to renew themselves through improvised movement. The last five decades marked the golden age of gay nightlife as bars and clubs served as the primary social venues for marginalized gay men and lesbians in Los Angeles. History Genres: Dissertations, Academic and Online resources Dissertation: Ph.D.-University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013 Description: Bennahum Place of Publication: Publisher: University of California, Santa Barbara Creation Date: 2013 Issued Date: 2013 Topics: Performing Arts, Theater History, GLBT Studies, and American Studies Keywords: Gay , Theater Studies Degree Supervisor: Ninotchka D. The Golden Age of Gay Nightlife: Performing Glamour and Deviance in Los Angeles and West Hollywood, 1966-2013 Author: Henkes, Andrew Joseph Degree Grantor: University of California, Santa Barbara.
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