The Cultural Impact of RuPaul's Drag Race

Why Are We All Gagging?

The Cultural Impact of RuPaul's Drag Race
Cameron Crookston
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15 Mar 2022 UK
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9781789385663
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This edited volume is an exploration of the social, cultural, political, and commercial implications of the trailblazing reality television series RuPaul' s Drag Race. Going beyond mere analysis of the show itself, the contributors interrogate the ways RuPaul' s Drag Race has affected queer representation in media, examining its audience, economics, branding, queer politics, and every point in between. Since its groundbreaking and subversive entry into the reality television complex in 2009, the show has had profound effects on drag and the cultures that surround it. Bringing together scholarship across disciplines-including cultural anthropology, media studies, linguistics, sociology, marketing, and theater and performance studies-the collection offers rich academic analysis of Ru Paul' s Drag Race and its lasting influence on fan cultures, queer representation, and the very fabric of drag as an art form in popular cultural consciousness.
RuPaul' s Drag Race has been captivating scholars, along with the general public, since its first season 12 years ago. If the West was offered glimpses of drag culture in Jenny Livingston' s documentary Paris is Burning in 1990 and Madonna' s video for "Vogue" that same year, RuPaul made it gaze wide-eyed at the spectacle of a drag-based reality competition beginning that began in 2008 and has no end in sight. Examinations of the phenomenon, its impact on the visibility and commercial potential of drag performance, and criticism of its appropriation of the lexicon and traditions of the artistic form have appeared in a number of journals in various corners of cultural studies. With Cameron Crookston' s anthology The Cultural Impact of RuPaul' s Drag Race there is finally, in one place, a collection of essays with both chronological perspective and diversity of approach, from consumerism and political economy to aesthetics and origins to activism and identity. Between its covers lies a richness and passion for the subject worthy of the Drag Race itself. * Bruce E. Drushel, chair and professor of media and culture, Miami University * I' m gagged and you will be too! You' ll never watch RuPaul' s Drag Race the same again after reading this insightful and provocative book. * Joe E. Jeffreys, drag historian *
Cameron Crookston is a Canadian scholar, writer and university lecturer. His research focuses on drag as a form of cultural memory and seeks to further discussions on elements of nostalgia, queer memory and historical performance within the art of drag. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Toronto at the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies in collaboration with the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.
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ISBN-13: 9781789385663
Published: 15 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Intellect Books
Publisher: Intellect Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 244mm
Width: 170mm
Pages: 240

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