李宇春因“超級女聲”(Super Girl's Vocie)而一夜出名,由于其著裝的男性化并被戲稱為“春歌”(Tom boy Li)。前不久,“快樂男聲”(Happy Boy's Voice)的一位參賽選手因起扮相著裝舉手投足的女性化,被戲稱為“偽娘”。“偽娘”并非中國專屬,世界各地也屢見不鮮。究竟其英語如何表述?請看下面轉(zhuǎn)載的相關(guān)英文材料。
Drag queen
Drag artist Lypsinka.
A drag queen is usually a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining or performing. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly, from professionals who have starred in movies to people who just try it once. Drag queens also vary by class and culture and can vary even within the same city. Although many drag queens are presumed to be gay men or transgender people, there are drag artists of all genders and sexualities who do drag for various reasons.
Generally, drag queens dress in a female gender role, often exaggerating certain characteristics (such as make-up and eyelashes) for comic, dramatic or satirical effect. Other drag performers include drag kings, who are women who perform in male roles, faux queens, who are women who dress in an exaggerated style to emulate drag queens and faux kings, who are men who dress to impersonate drag kings.
The term drag queen usually refers to people who dress in drag for the purpose of performing, whether singing or lip-synching, dancing, participating in events such as gay pride parades, drag pageants, or at venues such as cabarets and discotheques. In the United Kingdom, alongside traditional drag work such as shows and performances, many drag queens engage in 'mix-and-mingle' or hosting work at night clubs or at private parties/events. Drag is a part of Western gay culture; it is often noted that the Stonewall riots on June 27, 1969 in New York City were inspired and led by drag queens, and, in part for this reason, drag queens remain a tradition at gay pride events. Prominent drag queens in the gay community of a city often serve as official or unofficial spokespersons, hosts or emcees, fund-raisers, chroniclers and community leaders.
快樂男聲劉著被稱作“偽娘”,那么與之相對的“李宇春”們應(yīng)該冠以“偽哥”的稱號。那么“偽哥”用英語怎樣表述呢?請看如下英文材料:
Drag king
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All The Kings Men—a drag king performance troupe from Boston, MA.
Between Us Bois (B.U.B.) a Salem, Massachusetts drag performance troupe who perform spoken word, musical performances and various drag genres.
Drag kings are mostly female performance artists who dress in masculine drag and personify male gender stereotypes as part of their performance. A typical drag king routine may incorporate dancing and singing or lip-synching. Drag kings often perform as exaggeratedly macho male characters or impersonate male celebrities like Elvis Presley or Tim McGraw.[4] Several drag kings became British music hall stars in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and British pantomime has preserved the tradition of women performing in male roles. Starting in the mid-1990s drag kings have begun to gain some of the fame and attention that drag queens have known for years.