List of illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Forward by Mark Ravenhill Introduction by Mark Edward and Stephen Farrier Chapter 1: Applying Foundation and Setting The Scene by Mark Edward and Stephen Farrier Chapter 2: 'Dragging the Mainstream: RuPaul's Drag Race and Moving Drag Practices Between the USA and the UK' by Joe Parslow Chapter 3: 'RACE FOR THE MONEY: The Influence of RuPaul's Drag Race on the Livelihood and Aesthetics of New York City's Drag Culture' by Kalle Westerling Chapter 4: 'Hen.faChinoiserie Drag: Masquerading as the Oriental Other' by Rosa Fong Chapter 5: 'It's Always Better Performing with the Troupe': Space, Place, and Collective Activism' by Jae Basiliere Chapter 6: 'Of Hills and Wheels: Tilda Death in the IDF Disabled Veterans' Club' by Raz Weiner Chapter 7: 'A Transfeminist Critique of Drag Discourses and Performance Styles in Three National Contexts (US, France and UK): from RuPaul's Drag Race to Bar Wotever' by Kayte Stokoe Chapter 8: 'Not a cock in a frock but a Hole story. Holestar and the mark of the bio-queens' by Stephen Farrier Chapter 9: 'Destabilisation through Celebration: Drag, Homage, and Challenges to Black Stereotypes in the Practice of Harold Offeh' by Kieran Sellars Chapter 10: 'Gender Euphoria: Trans and Non-Binary Identities in Drag' by Olympia Bukkakis Chapter 11: 'The Tranimal: Throwing Gender out of Drag?' by Nick Cherryman Chapter 12: 'Drag Kings and Queens of Higher Education' by Mark Edward Chapter 13: 'Drag publique: the spectacle of queerness, queer placelessness and the emaciated spectator' by Allan Taylor Chapter 14: '"Blessed is the fruit" Drag Performance, Birthing, and Religious Identity' by Chris Greenough & Nina Kane Notes Bibliography Index.