This book identifies and analyzes the ways in which RuPaul's Drag Race has reshaped the
visibility of drag culture in the US and internationally as well as how the program has
changed understandings of reality TV. This edited volume illustrates how drag has become a
significant aspect of LGBTQ experience and identity globally through RuPaul's Drag Race and
how the show has reformed a media landscape in which competition and reality itself are
understood as given. Taking on lenses addressing race ethnicity geographical origin cultural
identity physicality and body image and participation in drag culture across the globe this
volume offers critical non-traditional and first-hand perspectives on drag culture.
