Contemporary Drag in the Shadow of RuPaul's Drag Race: Adaption, Elevation and Contestation

Mark McCormack; Fiona Measham

Contemporary Drag in the Shadow of RuPaul's Drag Race: Adaption, Elevation and Contestation

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Drag Vistas and Visions
Subtitle of host publication	Drag in a Changing Scene
Editors	Mark Edward, Stephen Farrier
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Bloomsbury
Chapter	6
Pages	71-88
Volume	3
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9781350373525
Publication status	Published - 21 Aug 2025

Publication series

Name	Methuen Drama Engage
Publisher	Bloomsbury

Bibliographical note

This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final version can be found at:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/drag-vistas-and-visions-9781350373525/

Keywords

drag
nightlife
sexuality
culture

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Contemporary Drag in the Shadow of RuPaul's Drag Race: Adaption, Elevation and Contestation

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Embargoed Document

Building Back Queerer? Mainstreaming, Commodification, and Intersectional Inequalities in London’s Queer Nightlife Post-COVID-19

Drag performers’ perspectives on the mainstreaming of British drag: Towards a sociology of contemporary drag

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