In this Book
1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels
Book
2006
Published by:
University of Wisconsin Press
Funder: Big Ten Academic Alliance
Program: Big Ten Open Books
Collection: Gender and Sexuality Studies
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
summary
For a quarter century, Tim Miller has worked at the intersection of performance, politics, and identity, using his personal experiences to create entertaining but pointed explorations of life as a gay American man—from the perils and joys of sex and relationships to the struggles of political disenfranchisement and artistic censorship. This intimate autobiographical collage of Miller's professional and personal life reveals one of the celebrated creators of a crucial contemporary art form and a tireless advocate for the American dream of political equality for all citizens.
Here we have the most complete Miller yet—a raucous collection of his performance scripts, essays, interviews, journal entries, and photographs, as well as his most recent stage piece Us. This volume brings together the personal, communal, and national political strands that interweave through his work from its beginnings and ultimately define Miller's place as a contemporary artist, activist, and gay man.
Here we have the most complete Miller yet—a raucous collection of his performance scripts, essays, interviews, journal entries, and photographs, as well as his most recent stage piece Us. This volume brings together the personal, communal, and national political strands that interweave through his work from its beginnings and ultimately define Miller's place as a contemporary artist, activist, and gay man.
Table of Contents
Cover
Copyright, Title Page, Copyright
Contents
pp. vii-ix
Editorâs Introduction
pp. xi-xxxi
Prologue
pp. 1-2
Memory and Facing the Future
pp. 3-8
Part 1. New York Years
Performance N.Y.C.
pp. 11-14
Floor It!
pp. 15-17
Stories from Democracy in America
pp. 18-26
Live Boys
pp. 27-37
Buddy Systems: Two Excerpts
pp. 38-52
Coda: John in the dream realm
pp. 53-55
Part 2. Activism
Professional Autobiography,1990
pp. 59-71
ACT UP
pp. 72-78
Civil Disobedience Weekend
pp. 79-84
âThe artist becomes really woven into the community as a workerâ: Interview with Linda Frye Burnham
pp. 85-88
AIDS Test
pp. 89-93
Coda: A circle headed towards the future
pp. 94-95
Part 3. Culture War
The NEA Four Case
pp. 99-115
An Anarchic, Subversive, Erotic Soul: Interview with Steven Durland
pp. 116-125
The Battle of Chattanooga
pp. 126-136
Coda: Notorious me
pp. 137
Part 4. The Teacher
Embodied Pedagogy
pp. 141-150
Suck, Spit, Chew, Swallow: A Performative Exploration ofMenâs Bodies
pp. 151-171
Jesus and the Queer Performance Artist
pp. 172-186
Coda: The maw of Hollywood
pp. 187-188
Part 5. Us
Oklahomo!
pp. 191-195
Carnal Garage
pp. 196-214
Tokyo Tim
pp. 215-219
Us
pp. 220-249
Making Us
pp. 250-261
Epilogue
pp. 263-264
1001 Beds
pp. 265-269
Acknowledgments
pp. 271-272
Bibliography
pp. 273-277
Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies
| ISBN | 9780299216931 |
|---|---|
| Related ISBN(s) | 9780299216900, 9780299216948, 9780299216993 |
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 298789237 |
| Pages | 312 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2012-01-01 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Funder | Big Ten Academic Alliance |
| Creative Commons | CC-BY-NC |



