State of Transformation: Drag Queen Masculinity in Two Scottish Texts

Carole Jones

State of Transformation: Drag Queen Masculinity in Two Scottish Texts

Carole Jones

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

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Abstract

This article examines contrasting depictions of the Scottish 'hard man' as drag queens in texts by Russell Barr and Irvine Welsh. Women are effectively ejected from these narratives, and drag works as an appropriation or colonization of the absent feminine. The radical potential of drag to undermine the dominant gender polarity is questioned here as the oppressive power of masculinity is reinstated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	Online
Journal	Genders
Issue number	50
Publication status	Published - Oct 2009

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Gender, cross-dressing, drag, sexuality, Scottish hard man, masculinity, femininity

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