Titlebook: RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture; The Boundaries of Re Niall Brennan,David Gudelunas Book 2017 The Editor(s)

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Drag Culture, Global Participation and ,,dcast and digital spaces. They consider feminist/oppositional readings of RPDR, noting the fluidity of queer discourse in the current political landscape. Finally, they outline the main themes of the volume: representation and the boundaries of drag identity; drag, community and belonging; and drag, globalization and the social media landscape.

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The “RuPaulitics” of Subjectification in ,mparing queens Tyra Sanchez and Pearl, however, reveals that a shift takes place in this process: by the seventh season, entrepreneurial self-betterment and self-individuation emerge as dominant subjectifying techniques, often replacing earlier tactics of working together and helping others.

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Mainstreaming the Transgressive: Greek Audiences’ Readings of Drag Culture Through the Consumption oving continuously between male/female sexualities. In this light, the accounts collected, reflect diverse, though culturally specific and value laden responses both to RPDR as a text but also to the contestants as professional drag performers.

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and the Reconceptualisation of Queer Communities and Publics as an example of how RPDR’s online, affective communities (e.g. via Facebook) can enable productive contestation and conversation around key issues such as transphobia and trans representation on RPDR.

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Digital Extensions, Experiential Extensions and Hair Extensions: , and the New Media Environmentthis chapter argues that the ability of RPDR to engage audiences and advertisers in platforms beyond the traditional television medium helped ensure the program’s success and longevity despite modest traditional ratings numbers.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag CultureThe Boundaries of Re