{"product_id":"the-big-reveal-an-illustrated-manifesto-of-drag-hardcover-velour-sasha-hardcover","title":"The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag -- Sasha Velour, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us--the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eSasha Velour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a quilt, piecing together memoir, history, and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an art. Within these pages, illustrated throughout with photos and original artwork, Sasha Velour illuminates drag as a unique form of expression with a rich history and a revolutionary spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter strips off a new layer, removing one tantalizing glove and then another, to reveal all the twists and turns in the life of a queen. As Sasha recalls her own journey, from the women who raised her, to learning the craft of an artist, to success, disaster, and more, she also uncovers the history of queer life around the world that made it all possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom shamans to \"fairies balls,\" empresses to RuPaul's Drag Race (and beyond), \u003cem\u003eThe Big Reveal\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles and celebrates our shared queer pasts. \"If we want to be seen as legendary,\" writes Sasha, \"we have to weave ourselves into history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an iconoclastic drag queen comes an equally singular, thought-provoking manifesto that brings necessary and sparkling substance to our understanding of drag, queerness, beauty, and liberation!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sasha Velour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780358508083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"Sasha Velour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43952423076068,"sku":"9780358508083","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780358508083.jpg?v=1719534011","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-big-reveal-an-illustrated-manifesto-of-drag-hardcover-velour-sasha-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}