Celebrity Studies, Volume 11, Issue 4 (2020)

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RuPaul’s Drag Race

Introduction

Introduction
‘Charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent’: RuPaul’s Drag Race and the cultural politics of fame
John Mercer, Charlie Sarson & Jamie Hakim
Pages: 383-385
Published online: 19 May 2020
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From Paris is Burning to #dragrace: social media and the celebrification of drag culture
Zeena Feldman & Jamie Hakim
Pages: 386-401
Published online: 04 Jun 2020
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‘Assume the position: two queens stand before me’: RuPaul as ultimate queen
Hazel Collie & Gemma Commane
Pages: 402-416
Published online: 20 May 2020
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Drag celebrity impersonation as queer caricature in The Snatch Game
Hannah Andrews
Pages: 417-430
Published online: 20 May 2020
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Rewriting ‘herstory’: Sasha Velour’s drag as art and activism
Renee Middlemost
Pages: 431-446
Published online: 18 May 2020
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‘Labouring in the image’: celebrity, femininity, and the fully commodified self in the drag of Willam Belli
Rachel O’Connell
Pages: 447-463
Published online: 03 Jul 2020
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‘No one is trash, no one is garbage, no one is cancelled’: the cultural politics of trauma, recovery and rage in RuPaul’s Drag Race
Debra Ferreday
Pages: 464-478
Published online: 20 May 2020
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Fifteen seconds of fame: Rupaul’s drag race, camp and ‘memeability’
John Mercer & Charlie Sarson
Pages: 479-492
Published online: 27 May 2020
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Introduction: transformations of celebrity studies: the inaugural issue, ten years on
Gaston Franssen
Pages: 493-495
Published online: 25 Oct 2020
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We’re all television stars in a pandemic
Alice Leppert
Pages: 496-499
Published online: 30 Oct 2020
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The work of emotion in a digital age: ‘A trust betrayed’, ten years on
Akane Kanai
Pages: 500-503
Published online: 25 Oct 2020
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Analysing celebrity politics from Obama to Trump
Annelot Prins
Pages: 504-507
Published online: 12 Oct 2020
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Celebrity, Inc.: the self as work in the era of presentational culture online
Jessica E. Johnston
Pages: 508-511
Published online: 27 Oct 2020
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