Description
Book Synopsis Pencils down--graphite and eyebrow--and eyes to front of the room for this one-of-a-kind lesson. Since debuting over a decade ago, the world of RuPaul''s Drag Race has steadily collected both popular and academic interests. This collection of original essays presents insightful analyses and a range of critical perspectives on Drag Race from across the globe. Topics covered include language and linguistics, cultural appropriation, racism, health, wealth, the realities of reality television, digital drag and naked bodies.
Though varied in topical focus, each essay centers public pedagogy to examine what and how Drag Race teaches its audience. The goal of this book is to frame Drag Race as a classroom, one that is helpful for both teachers and students alike. With an academic-yet-accessible tone and an interdisciplinary approach, essays celebrate and examine the show and its spin-offs from the earliest seasons to the very start of the coro
Table of Contents
Halleloo! Acknowledgments
Hieeeee: An Introduction to the Collection
Lindsay Bryde and Tommy Mayberry
Start Your Engines: Critical Context
of the Language and Influence of Drag
RuPaul's Drag Race as a Heterotopic Learning Experience
Vicky Kampouridou
The Influence of RuPaul's Drag Race on Pop Culture and the Way We Talk: A Pop-Linguistic Analysis
Ricarda Goetz-Preisner
Pedagogy of the Mother: Exploring Freire's Philosophy of Co-Productive Learning
Phillip Joy and Jill Marie McSweeney-Flaherty
"And where is the body?" Naked Drag and the Social Construction of Anatomy as Sexed and Gendered
Tommy Mayberry
She Already Done Had Herses: When Drag Curates Culture
Pop the Corn and Teach the Children: Drag Lessons in Gender, Race, and Class Beyond RuPaul's Televised Curriculum
Russ Martin
"Cultural appropriation! That's what we never heard": Performing Indigeneity on Reality Television and Beyond
Maggie Ward
RuPaulogetics: Assimilation, Backwash, and the Charisma of Queer Pedagogy
David J. Fine
May the Best Drag Queen Win: The Competitive Nature of Drag
Gay Super Bowl: Homonormative Authorization, Instruction, and Discipline Through Sports Media Borrowings
Nathan Workman
Where Are the Jokes? Comedy as Pedagogy
Peter Piatkowski
Digital Drag and YouTube as Queer Space: Queens as Influencers from Performance to Pedagogy
Florian Zitzelsberger
Pedagogies, Praxis, and Privilege: RuPaulean Communities of Care
Mandy Penney
Sashay Away: Resources to Support Learners
Spilling the Tea: Glossary
Let's Have a KiKi: Discussion Questions for the Class
Very Special Guest Judge: Select Bibliography
Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent: About the Contributors
The Library Is Open: The Index
