This third and final volume in Edward and Farrier’s groundbreaking trilogy spotlights the vibrant spectrum of drag as an art form, identity category and political force. Drawing on practice, research, and interdisciplinary approaches, the volume captures drag’s continual capacity to challenge, critique and create.
Drawing from a range of academic disciplines, including critical disability studies, media, philosophy, linguistics, the book celebrates the many faces – and possibilities – of drag as a cultural and performance form. The contributions include chapters that are assertively activist, deeply reflective, and thought provoking.
This third volume goes in search of new conversations through the exploration of critical drag studies. The frameworks that formulate these conversations advocate for a broader, inclusive vision of drag, while not shying away from some of its problematic components. The chapters peek behind the glamourous veneer of drag, exposing the grit and sweat that underpin the performance, while winking at the theory that we may use to understand. Drag Vistas and Visions sees drag through a transformative lens that pushes boundaries and transcends the ordinary.
Foreword Preface: Mark Edward & Stephen Farrier Chapter 1: Mark Edward & Stephen Farrier Drag Vistas and Visions: Doing it out in the open – drag studies as a field Chapter 2: Maria Szymanska Linguistics of Drag: Drag Queens and Linguistic Performance of Feminine Identity Chapter 3: Mark Edward & Chris Greenough Sketching the contours of a drag framework for social practice Chapter 4: Stephen Farrier Getting classy with drag performance Chapter 5: Mark McCormack and Fiona Measham Contemporary Drag Performance in the Shadow of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Contestation, Adaptation and Elevation Chapter 6: Baker A. Rogers What is the Cost of Drag’s Popularity? Chapter 7: Michael Tristano Jr. & Lore/tta LeMaster “My first words were knock-knock-knock housekeeping”: Queer Femme Brownness, Humor, and Whiteness’ Performative Drag Chapter 8: Amelia Lander-Cavallo Camp Quips: drag, access and queer crip joy as an act of resistance Chapter 9: Hongwei Bao The Chinese Drag King Strikes Back: Whiskey Chow’s Queer Diasporic Performance Chapter 10: Rachel Hann Trans drag: Outperforming gender Chapter 11: Wendy Chapkis How Does a Dyke Perform Herself? Drag in 5 Episodes Chapter 12: Rémi Baert Clowning The Drag, Dragging The Clown: Dragclown as a (new) category of drag performance? Chapter 13: Matthew Pateman Same old thing in brand new drag: Bowie, drag, camp and the singular vision of the ever-changing cis white duke Bibliography Index
Mark Edward is a recovering academic, performer, artist and author. Stephen Farrier is Professor of Theatre and Performance and Deputy Principal of Rose Bruford College.
Reviews for Drag Vistas and Visions: Drag in a Changing Scene Volume 3
If you are interested in the history and academic aspects of Drag, this book is for you. The assorted chapters written by different experts give different views of Drag all around the world. * Sue Tilley, Leigh Bowery biographer *
