Rip van Winkle in the East Village: Queer Times in Stories, Stories in Queer Times
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2016-10-20
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American Folklore Society
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In 1986, legendary drag performer Ethyl Eichelberger staged a version of “Rip van Winkle” at New York City’s P.S. 122 performance space. What was it about the 1819 tale that made it ripe for queer re-telling at that moment? Derived from folktales, “Rip van Winkle” recounts one night that lasts 20 years; this lecture explores this and other narratives of expansive temporality, arguing that in re-reading and in re-telling such tales, we expand our present moment, our now.
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This presentation took place at the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society, held jointly with the International Society for Folk Narrative Research, at the James L. Knight Center, the City of Miami Convention Center, in Miami, FL, on October 20, 2016.
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