Drag performance has entered mainstream British culture and is gaining unprecedented
appreciation and recognition, yet no sociological accounts of this transformation exist. Using …

This dissertation undertakes an interdisciplinary study of the competitive reality television
show RuPaul's Drag Race, drawing upon approaches and perspectives from LGBT Studies …

Abstract We analyze RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs The World (UKVTW), part of the larger
RuPaul's Drag Race franchise—one of the most popular current media representations of …

This study investigates how drag queen imagery in advertising and mainstream consumers'
tolerance towards homosexuality (ie, drag queens) affect their attitudes towards the …

This article explores the dynamics of inter-generational conversations between queer and
trans youth and queer and trans adults through an analysis of a routine segment on the …

Bringing together critical race, queer and decolonial analytical approaches, visual analysis,
and multimodal discourse analysis, this book explores the discursive strategies deployed by …

Reading is a unique interactional practice in the drag queen community. It refers to leveling
witty and often cutthroat mock insults at fellow drag queens, with an aim of throwing shade …

Queer languages, images, and sensibilities travel across borders. While originating in the
West, terms like gay, lesbian, and transgender along with the symbols of rainbow flag, pink …

With Covid-19 closure of performance spaces, drag performers were in a unique position
due to the historic relationship between queer performance and recorded media, and the …

While common definitions tend to reduce drag to a gendered transformation, drag is a
multifaceted queer/trans performance practice rooted in stylized representations of camp …