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Cultural Impact of Rupaul's Drag Race : Why Are We All Gagging? by Cameron Crookston (2021, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherIntellect, The Limited

ISBN-101789382564

ISBN-139781789382563

eBay Product ID (ePID)17038396628

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameCultural Impact of Rupaul's Drag Race : Why Are We All Gagging?

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLgbt Studies / General, Gender Studies, Performance

Publication Year2021

TypeTextbook

AuthorCameron Crookston

Subject AreaArt, Social Science

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-415967

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsI'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., With this anthology 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 Drag Race itself., Gag-worthy. . . . The Cultural Impact of RuPaul's Drag Race turns a fierce lewk without overriding any of the iconic moments served by its predecessors. . . . Condragulations, Cameron Crookston--you're safe! And lest we forget: such safety constitutes a strong recommendation to buy this book, because the true tea is that the mere existence of an increasing number of scholarly treatments of Drag Race is the most gag-worthy thing of all.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.45/72

Table Of Content1. Twerk It & Werk It: The Impact of RuPaul's Drag Race on Local Underground Drag Scenes - Joshua Rivers 2. 'Change the Motherfucking World!': The Possibilities and Limitations of Activism in RuPaul's Drag Race - Ash Kinney d'Harcourt 3. Queering Africa: Bebe Zahara Benet's "African" Aesthetics and Performance - Lwando Scott 4. 'Heather has Transitioned': Transgender and Non-Binary Contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race - K. Woodzick 5. How Drag Race Created a Monster: The Future of Drag and the Backward Temporality of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula - Aaron J. Stone 6. RuPaul's Drag Race: Between Cultural Branding and Consumer Culture - Mario Campana and Katherine Duffy 7. RuPaul's Franchise: Moving Toward a Political Economy of Drag Queening - Ray LeBlanc 8. Legend, Icon, Star: Cultural Production and Commodification in RuPaul's Drag Race - Laura Friesen 9. Repetition, Recitation and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo: Miss Vanjie and the Culture-Producing Power of Performative Speech in RuPaul's Drag Race - Allan S. Taylor 10. It's Too Late to Rupaulogize: The Lackluster Defense of an Occasional Unlistener - Timothy Oleksiak 11. 'This is a Movement!': How RuPaul Markets Drag Through DragCon Keynote Addresses - Carl Schotmiller

SynopsisThis 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., Insightful and provocative, and new in paperback. Examines the social, cultural, political and commercial implications of RuPaul's Drag Race , from its groundbreaking, subversive entry into the reality television arena, to a now mainstream, increasingly non-LGBTQ+, audience reach and relationship with fans. International contributors. 40 b/w illus. New Books Network (New Books in Popular Culture) interview with Cameron Crookston

LC Classification NumberPN1992.77