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RuPaul's Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture: The Boundaries of Reality TV
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Description for RuPaul's Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture: The Boundaries of Reality TV
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brennan, Niall; Gudelunas, David. Num Pages: 26 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
309
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319506173
SKU
V9783319506173
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Ref
99-15
About N/A
Niall Brennan has a PhD in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, where his research focused on the national and global implications of the Brazilian television mini-series since Brazil’s re-democratization. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at Fairfield University, Connecticut, USA. David Gudelunas holds a PhD from the ... Read more
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