Overview
- The first book to provide a global view on the RuPaul’s Drag Race phenomenon
- Offers critical perspectives on the program and its relationship to larger questions of LGBTQ culture
- Includes contributions from scholars, performers, and people involved with the program alike
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Representation and the Parameters of Drag Identity
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Drag Culture, Community and Belonging
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RuPaul’s Drag Race, Globalization and Social Media
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Niall Brennan has a PhD in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, where his research focused on the national and global implications of the Brazilian television mini-series since Brazil’s re-democratization. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at Fairfield University, Connecticut, USA.
David Gudelunas holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, USA and is Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and Professor of Communication at the University of Tampa, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture
Book Subtitle: The Boundaries of Reality TV
Editors: Niall Brennan, David Gudelunas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50618-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50617-3Published: 05 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84444-2Published: 07 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50618-0Published: 25 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 309
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Film/TV Industry, Culture and Gender, Popular Culture , American Culture, Media and Communication