Description
Start your engines - for the fun, the controversy, and the life lessons of RuPaul's Drag Race and its spinoff RuPaul's DragU. This collection of original essays by international scholars critically examines the shows' representation of drag within the contexts of the reality TV genre and LGBTQ issues. Contributors focus on the structure of the programs; the subversive nature of drag; the treatment of trans contestants, race, language, and its handling of LGBTQ political issues. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive interrogation of the shows' premise, their host, and the contestants through the first six seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race and the three seasons of DragU. This book is of interest to fans of the programs, as well as scholars and students in the fields of gender, LGBTQ, and trans studies.
About the Author
Jim Daems teaches in the English Department at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. His work focuses primarily on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English representations of Ireland and queer theory. He has published books and articles on a range of early modern writers, as well as the Canadian multi-media artist and poet bill bissett, Harry Potter, Hank Williams, and Chuck Berry.
Book Information
ISBN 9780786495078
Author Jim Daems
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
About the Author
Jim Daems teaches in the English Department at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. His work focuses primarily on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English representations of Ireland and queer theory. He has published books and articles on a range of early modern writers, as well as the Canadian multi-media artist and poet bill bissett, Harry Potter, Hank Williams, and Chuck Berry.
Book Information
ISBN 9780786495078
Author Jim Daems
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
