{"product_id":"the-cultural-impact-of-rupaul-s-drag-race-why-are-we-all-gagging-9781789382563","title":"The Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Why","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, provocative and now in paperback, \u003cem\u003eThe Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of original material that goes beyond simple analysis of the show and examines the profound effect that \u003cem\u003eRuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c\/em\u003e has had on the cultures that surround it: audience cultures, economics, branding, queer politics and all points in between. Once a cult show marketed primarily to gay men, \u003cem\u003eDrag Race\u003c\/em\u003e has drawn both praise and criticism for its ability to market itself to broader, straighter and increasingly younger fans. The show’s depiction of drag as both a celebrated form of entertainment and as a potentially lucrative career path has created an explosion of aspiring queens in unprecedented numbers, and had a far-reaching impact on drag as both an art form and a career.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eContributors include scholars based in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and South Africa.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe contributions are interdisciplinary, as well as international. The editor invited submissions from scholars in theatre and performance studies, English literature, cultural anthropology, media studies, linguistics, sociology and marketing. What he envisaged was an examination of the wider cultural impacts that \u003cem\u003eRuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c\/em\u003e has had;  what he received was a rich and diverse engagement with the question of how \u003cem\u003eDrag Race\u003c\/em\u003e has affected local, live cultures, fan cultures, queer representation and the very fabric of drag as an art form in popular cultural consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis original collection, with its variety of topics and approaches, is a critical appraisal of \u003cem\u003eRuPaul’s Drag Race \u003c\/em\u003eat an important point of the programme’s run, as well as of the growing industries around RPDR, including DragCon and drag queens' post-show careers in the on- and offline world.  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePrimarily of interest to students, scholars and researchers in media and communication studies, gender and sexuality studies, popular culture, queer theory, LGBTQ history, media studies, and fan studies. Will also appeal to fans of the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'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.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Megan Volpert, PopMatters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm gagged and you will be too! You'll never watch \u003cem\u003eRuPaul's Drag Race\u003c\/em\u003e the same again after reading this insightful and provocative book.\u003c\/p\u003e * Joe E. Jeffreys, drag historian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eParis is Burning \u003c\/em\u003ein 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race \u003c\/em\u003ethere 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 \u003cem\u003eDrag Race \u003c\/em\u003eitself.\u003c\/p\u003e * Bruce E. Drushel, chair and professor of media and culture, Miami University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwerk It \u0026amp; Werk It: The Impact of \u003cem\u003eRuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c\/em\u003e on Local Underground Drag Scenes - Joshua Rivers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'Change the Motherfucking World!': The Possibilities and Limitations of Activism in \u003cem\u003eRuPaul's Drag Race\u003c\/em\u003e - Ash Kinney d’Harcourt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueering Africa: Bebe Zahara Benet's \"African\" Aesthetics and Performance - Lwando Scott\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'Heather has Transitioned': Transgender and Non-Binary Contestants on \u003cem\u003eRuPaul’s Drag Race - \u003c\/em\u003eK. Woodzick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow \u003cem\u003eDrag Race\u003c\/em\u003e Created a Monster: The Future of Drag and the Backward Temporality of The Boulet Brothers’ \u003cem\u003eDragula \u003c\/em\u003e- Aaron J. Stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRuPaul’s Drag Race\u003c\/em\u003e: Between Cultural Branding and Consumer Culture - Mario Campana and Katherine Duffy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRuPaul’s Franchise: Moving Toward a Political Economy of Drag Queening - Ray LeBlanc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegend, Icon, Star: Cultural Production and Commodification in \u003cem\u003eRuPaul’s Drag Race \u003c\/em\u003e- Laura Friesen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepetition, Recitation and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo: Miss Vanjie and the Culture-Producing Power of Performative Speech in \u003cem\u003eRuPaul's Drag Race \u003c\/em\u003e- Allan S. Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt’s Too Late to Rupaulogize: The Lackluster Defense of an Occasional Unlistener - Timothy Oleksiak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'This is a Movement!': How RuPaul Markets Drag Through DragCon Keynote Addresses - Carl Schotmiller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042574139735,"sku":"9781789382563","price":72.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789382563.jpg?v=1750954701","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cultural-impact-of-rupaul-s-drag-race-why-are-we-all-gagging-9781789382563","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}