The Cultural Impact of RuPauls Drag Race Why Are We All Gagging?.

This book 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....

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Main Author: Crookston, Cameron
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd, 2020.
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505 0 |a Front Cover -- Half Title -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Why Are We All Gagging?: Unpacking the Cultural Impact of RuPaul's Drag Race -- The Cultural Context of RuPaul's Drag Race -- Chapters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 1 Twerk It & Werk It:: The Impact of RuPaul's Drag Race on Local Underground Drag Scenes -- "What's a drag race, though?" -- On Where This Happened and How -- On Globalizing Forces and Aesthetic Formations -- On RuPaul's Drag Race as Homonormative or Radically Queer 
505 8 |a On Defining Drag: "Boys will be girls, girls will be boys" -- On Ceasing to Exist: "We were being mainstreamed, no one wanted that" -- On Potentialities and Indeterminacy: "We were never RuPaul's Drag Race" -- Notes -- References -- 2 "Change the motherfucking world!":: The Possibilities and Limitations of Activism in RuPaul's Drag Race -- Historical Instances of Drag Activism -- Consequences of Commodification and Visibility -- Clocking the Possibilities -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Queering Africa:: Bebe Zahara Benet's "African" Aesthetics and Performance -- Introduction 
505 8 |a Thinking with Camp -- "If she wears leopard print one more time"-Bebe's "African" Aesthetics -- Intersectional Politics of Bebe-Race -- Intersectional Politics of Bebe-Africa -- Intersectional Politics of Bebe-Sexuality -- Lost in Translation: Can Africa Be Camp? -- Reality Television, Affect, and Relationality -- Conclusion: Reimagining African Identities -- References -- 4 "Heather has transitioned":: Transgender and Non-binary Contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race -- Season Two: Kylie Sonique Love -- Season Three: Carmen Carrera -- Season Four: Jiggly Caliente 
505 8 |a Season Five: Monica Beverly Hillz and Jinkx Monsoon -- Season Six: Gia Gunn -- Season Nine: Peppermint and Shea Couleé -- References -- 5 How Drag Race Created a Monster:: The Future of Drag and the Backward Temporality of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula -- Drag "Herstory" and Future: Drag Race's Early Promises -- RuPaul, You Are Up for Elimination: Drag Race and Fan Dissatisfaction -- Drag, Filth, Horror, Glamour: Dragula's Backward Aesthetic -- Lip-Sync for Your Legacy: Fans Predict the Future of Drag -- Notes -- References 
505 8 |a 6 RuPaul's Drag Race:: Between Cultural Branding and Consumer Culture -- Introduction -- Cultural Branding -- Consumer Culture and Subcultural Perspectives -- Drag Race, Gaystreaming, and Global Branding -- Methodology -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 RuPaul's Franchise:: Moving Toward a Political Economy of Drag Queening -- "Freaky money do make the money" -- "I make more money than you, girl" -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Legend, Icon, Star:: Cultural Production and Commodification in RuPaul's Drag Race -- Introduction: Trixie Mattel-from Mediocrity to Superstardom 
500 |a From Cultural Reflection to Cultural Production. 
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