Drag King Cultures

Drysdale, Kerryn

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15777-7_2

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“…Distinct but overlapping cultures developed for drag queens and drag kings (Rupp et al, 2010), with different political perspectives and dynamics. Drag king cultures, often with greater inclusion of queer and trans drag performers, engaged in more political performances, foregrounding anti-transphobic, anti-racist and anti-capitalist perspectives (Basiliere, 2019; Drysdale, 2019), alongside an overt critique of heteronormativity (Rupp et al, 2010). Contrastingly, drag queen performances focussed more on entertainment and the subversion of norms of sexuality and heterosexual privilege, particularly stereotypes of gay men and femininity (Baker, 1994).…”

Section: Mainstream Gender-bending and Subcultural Dragmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the more-than twenty-five years that have passed since Baker’s framing, the drag queen has continued to rise and the current period has been characterised as a ‘golden age’ of drag (Brennan and Gudelunas, 2007: 1). While the terminology has shifted from ‘drag queen’ to ‘drag’ to recognise gender diversity, the golden age is mostly restricted to cisgender gay men, with trans performers and drag king performance arguably remaining subcultural, not least because RPDR is almost exclusively restricted to cisgender gay male performers (Drysdale, 2019).…”

Section: The Sustained Rise Of the Drag Queenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drag Performers’ Perspectives on the Mainstreaming of British Drag: Towards a Sociology of Contemporary Drag

McCormack

Wignall

2021

Sociology

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Drag performance has entered mainstream British culture and is gaining unprecedented appreciation and recognition, yet no sociological accounts of this transformation exist. Using an inductive analysis of in-depth interviews with 25 drag performers, alongside netnography of media and other public data, this article develops a sociological understanding of the mainstreaming of drag. There are two clear reasons for the success of drag. First, there is a pull towards drag: it is now seen as a viable career opportunity where performers receive fame rather than social stigma in a more inclusive social zeitgeist, even though the reality is more complex. Second, there is a push away from other creative and performing arts because heteronormative perspectives persist through typecasting and a continued professional stigma associated with drag. In calling for a sociology of drag, future avenues for research on contemporary drag are discussed, alongside the need for the sociology of cultural and creative industries to incorporate sexuality as both a subject and analytic lens.

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Section: Mainstream Gender-bending and Subcultural Dragmentioning

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Section: The Sustained Rise Of the Drag Queenmentioning

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Drag Performers’ Perspectives on the Mainstreaming of British Drag: Towards a Sociology of Contemporary Drag

McCormack

Wignall

2021

Sociology

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“…Writing on the intimacies and affects felt among participants in a series of lesbian drag king events in Sydney, Drysdale suggests that we think of scene as:Imbued with forms of intimacy that reference their communitarian dimensions and coalescence of cultural energies that constitute collective identities, scenes also signal their cultural dynamism where expansive sociability fuels ongoing cultural innovation and experimentation. (Drysdale, 2019: 10)…”

Section: Sex Media and Playmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Imbued with forms of intimacy that reference their communitarian dimensions and coalescence of cultural energies that constitute collective identities, scenes also signal their cultural dynamism where expansive sociability fuels ongoing cultural innovation and experimentation. (Drysdale, 2019: 10)…”

Section: Sex Media and Playmentioning

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Hanging, blowing, slamming and playing: Erotic control and overflow in a digital chemsex scene

Möller

2020

Sexualities

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Based on participant observation, this article details the use of methamphetamine (crystal meth) in a social scene mediated by a video conferencing service similar to Zoom. Taking an affective-materialist approach and applying concepts from play theory, it describes the visual erotic culture that emerges in the 100 simultaneous videos of drug-using people, mostly men. It details the scene’s modulation of temporality, how drug use is performed in relationship to numerous screens and the way ceremonialization counters the platformed deintensification. Finally, it discusses how digital chemsex encounters might overflow categories of gender and sexuality, and how the article may enrich the study of drugged sexual play.

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Drag King Cultures

Cited by 2 publications

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Drag Performers’ Perspectives on the Mainstreaming of British Drag: Towards a Sociology of Contemporary Drag

Drag Performers’ Perspectives on the Mainstreaming of British Drag: Towards a Sociology of Contemporary Drag

Hanging, blowing, slamming and playing: Erotic control and overflow in a digital chemsex scene

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