Judith Rudakoff
Transgendered playwright, performer, columnist, and sex worker Nina Arsenault has undergone more than sixty plastic surgeries in pursuit of a feminine beauty ideal. In ,TRANS(per)FORMING Nina Arsenault,, Judith Rudakoff brings together a diverse group of contributors, including artists, scholars, and Arsenault herself to offer an exploration of beauty, image, and the notion of queerness through the lens of Arsenaultâ€™s highly personal brand of performance art.Illustrated throughout with photographs of the artistâ€™s transformation over the years and demonstrating her diversity of personae, this volume contributes to a deepening of our understanding of what it means to be a woman and what it means to be beautiful.Â Also included in this volume is the full script of Arsenaultâ€™s critically acclaimed stage play, ,The Silicone Diaries.
GLBT,Queer,Gender,LGBT,Transgender
TRANS(per)FORMING Nina Arsenault: An Unreasonable Body of Work