Jim Daems' work focuses primarily on 16th and 17th century English representations of Ireland and on queer theory. He has published books and articles on Canadian multi-media artist and poet Bill Bissett, Harry Potter, Hank Williams, and Chuck Berry.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: RuPaul's Ambivalent Appropriation of Pop Culture (Jim Daems)

Representing Gender, Race and Realness: The Television World of America's Next Drag Superstars (Mary Marcel)

Of Fish and Feminists: Homonormative Misogyny and the Trans*Queen (Laurie Norris)

Dragging with an Accent: Linguistic Stereotypes, Language Barriers and Translingualism (Libby Anthony)

Policing the Proper Queer Subject: RuPaul's Drag Race in the Neoliberal "Post" Moment (Kai Kohlsdorf)

"For your next drag challenge," You Must Do Something: Playfulness Without Rules (Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns)

Cover, Girl: Branding Puerto Rican Drag in 21st-Century U.S. Popular Culture (R. Gabriel Mayora)

"Draguating" to Normal: Camp and Homonormative Politics (Josh Morrison)

Of Women and Queens: Gendered Realities and ­Re-Education in RuPaul's Drag Empire (Carolyn Chernoff)

The Prime of Miss RuPaul Charles: Allusion, Betrayal and Charismatic Pedagogy (David J. Fine and Emily Shreve)

About the Contributors

Bibliography

Index