ABSTRACT

This paper is a description of a performance workshop that is designed to give the language of the butch/femme theory a ride. Using theatre exercises and performance techniques that put the terms butch and femme onto the actions of the body, the writer hopes to encourage both an irreverence and a respect for the arbitrary nature of a language that attempts to define identity. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: getinfo@haworthpressinc.com]