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 book addresses how these discourses have moved beyond 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 book also discusses 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 book will be of interest to scholars and students of media studies, cultural studies, digital media studies, critical race studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, queer theory, film, and television studies