The Cultural Impact of RuPaul's Drag Race

This edited volume is an exploration of the social cultural political and commercial implications of the trailblazing reality television series RuPauls Drag Race. Going beyond mere analysis of the show itself the contributors interrogate the ways RuPauls Drag Race has affected queer representation in media examining its audience economics branding queer politics and every point in between. Since its groundbreaking and subversive entry into the reality television complex in 2009 the show has had profound effects on drag and the cultures that surround it. Bringing together scholarship across disciplinesincluding cultural anthropology media studies linguistics sociology marketing and theater and performance studiesthe collection offers rich academic analysis of Ru Pauls Drag Race and its lasting influence on fan cultures queer representation and the very fabric of drag as an art form in popular cultural consciousness.