RAT Parties and Macaroni Men
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Welcome to GLAM City Season 2! On our first episode of 2018, we speak to Peter McNeil, an interdisciplinary cultural historian who has been studying queer history for nearly thirty years. We find out what Peter did with all of of those dance party old ticket stubs and We talk about Sydney’s infamous RAT parties in the 80’s and 90’s. The styles, the music and the expression. Ephemera from the RAT parties is housed at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS). We find out what Macaroni Men are and and why yankee doodle dandy stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni. Peter’s upcoming book, Pretty Gentleman: Macaroni Men in the 18th Century Fashion World will be available through Yale Press. More information on the Unflinching Gaze can be found on the Bathurst Regional Gallery website here. If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in [email protected].
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