Drag in the global digital public sphere : queer visibility, online discourse and political change /
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 volume addresses how these discourses have moved beyond the increasingly...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2023].
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| Series: | Routledge research in cultural and media studies.
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| Summary: | 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 volume 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 volume 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781032204345 1032204346 |