Book chapter
North American Universalism in RuPaul’s Drag Race: Stereotypes, Linguicism, and the Construction of ‘Puerto Rican Queens’
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Shifting the Visibility of Drag Culture and the Boundaries of Reality TV, pp.61-76
Palgrave MacMillan Ltd.
2017
Abstract
This book identifies and analyzes the ways in which RuPaul's Drag Race has reshaped the visibility of drag culture in the US and internationally, as well as how the program has changed understandings of reality TV. This edited volume illustrates how drag has become a significant aspect of LGBTQ experience and identity globally through RuPaul's Drag Race, and how the show has reformed a media landscape in which competition and reality itself are understood as given. Taking on lenses addressing race, ethnicity, geographical origin, cultural identity, physicality and body image, and participation in drag culture across the globe, this volume offers critical, non-traditional, and first-hand perspectives on drag culture. [Book Synopsis]
Details
- Title
- North American Universalism in RuPaul’s Drag Race: Stereotypes, Linguicism, and the Construction of ‘Puerto Rican Queens’
- Authors
- Joanna McIntyre (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawDamien W Riggs (Author) - Flinders University
- Contributors
- Niall Brennan (Editor)David Gudelunas (Editor)
- Publication details
- RuPaul’s Drag Race: Shifting the Visibility of Drag Culture and the Boundaries of Reality TV, pp.61-76
- Publisher
- Palgrave MacMillan Ltd.
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-50618-0_5
- ISBN
- 9783319506173
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450586202621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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