1st Edition
Their Majesty Drag Performance and Queer Communities in London
1. Present Drag: Hope in the Face of Drag 2. Classic Drag: Edginess, Visibility and Spiteful Drag 3. Killjoy Drag: Queer Side-Eyes and Dragging Backwards 4. Silly Drag: Failures, Failsafes and Plumbing the Depths of Stupidity in Drag 5. Besides Drag: On the Edge of the Scene 6. Future Drag: Drag Performers Show Up
Biography
Dr Joe Parslow is a Head of Research and Postgraduate Provison, Assosicate Professor, at Rose Bruford College, UK. They are queer researcher, writer, teacher and producer, as well as working in research ethics and integrity and practice research. They have worked extensively in queer nightlife as a producer of drag and cabaret events in LGBTQ+ spaces in London.
'By inviting readers to view pub and club drag from a range of vantage points, Parslow draws us into a deeper appreciation of the form's unique techniques, peculiar pleasures and vital contributions to queer community-building. This is a thoughtful, heartfelt and generous book that finds hope in spite, depth in stupidity, and sustenance in the low-key chaos of drag performance.'
Fintan Walsh, Head of the School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication and Professor of Performing Arts and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London
