Drag in the Global Digital Public Sphere: Queer Visibility, Online Discourse and Political Change (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

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Synopsis
This volume explores drag in global online spaces as a distinct departure from the established success, and limitations, of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Centered around discourses of LGBTQ+ visibility and political mobilization, the book addresses how these discourses have moved beyond the increasingly limited qualities of the television series to reconfigure the parameters of drag in emerging communities and spaces. By reconceiving of drag in new settings, this volume uncovers the crucial social and political potential for community-building in an increasingly fragmented and isolated global space. Chapters by a diverse team of authors delve into the recognition of new articulations of LGBTQ+ visibility and political mobility through drag in online space; the implications of drag celebrity for issues such as labor and profit in the digital sphere; the (re)appropriation of mainstream drag in emerging online environments and communities; and the reverberations of drag in underrepresented and under-researched areas of the world. Offering new insights into the rise of drag in a global digital public sphere, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of media studies, cultural studies, digital media and cultural studies, critical race studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, queer theory, film, and television studies.
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
242 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000638783
Related ISBNs:
9781032204376, 9781032204345, 9781003263555
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Niall Brennan and David Gudelunas
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Reference, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Niall Brennan
Edited by:
David Gudelunas

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