All drag, all the time: one night in Cape Town with Lola Fine

This photo essay discusses the ways in which a participant in a research project on the performance of gender embodies and becomes a performance character, as well as the different instantiations this takes in different contexts and situations. The photo essay discusses how Lola Fine, a drag performer, becomes the character of Lola Fine, and is solidified as such through the performative nature of getting into drag – applying makeup, putting on a dress and shoes, and so forth – as well as through interactions with different individuals in different contexts. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]