found: Work cat.: Stokoe, K. Reframing drag, 2020:preliminary page ("a critical survey of French and Anglo-American queer and feminist theorizations of drag performance, placing these approaches in a dialogue with contemporary drag practice and the representation of drag in three literary texts. Challenging pervasive assumptions circulating in existing queer and feminist analyses of drag performance, the author identifies and questions three recurring ideas which have shaped the landscape of drag research: the argument that drag performances either uphold or subvert oppressive gender norms, the assumption that drag involves performing as the 'opposite sex', and the belief that drag can shed light on gender performativity.") page 1 (Drag resists a straightforward definition. Although many people--including performers, theorists, and fans--have strong ideas about drag and its impact, these ideas frequently contradict each other. A person's ideas about drag may be shaped by their politics, their cultural contexts, their experiences, and their attitude to gender")
found: Heller, M. Queering drag, [2020]:pages 1-2 ("Theatrical gender-bending, also referred to in this book as drag, is a genre of performance .... This book explores a swath of theatrical gender-bending practiced in the past 150 years of US history: male impersonation, 'sexless' mythical characters, queer butch acts, and contemporary drag kinging ... the full range of gender-bending is much more extensive .... Drag is often assumed to mean 'performing as a drag queen.' And drag queening is predominantly characterized as an over-the-top, glamorous doing of hyperfemininity by a man ... many theatrical drag practices in Western entertainment history do not resemble drag queening in the slightest")
found: Merriam-Webster online, viewed 9 December 2020:drag (7 a: entertainment in which performers dressed as members of the opposite sex caricature gender stereotypes through the use of often outrageous costumes and exaggerated mannerisms--often used before another noun; b(1): stereotypically gendered clothing or costume worn by someone of the opposite sex--often used in the phrase in drag; b(2): costume, especially, a costume used to impersonate a person or kind of person)
found: Oxford English dictionary online, viewed 9 December 2020:drag (3 g. Feminine attire worn by a man; also, a party or dance attended by men wearing feminine attire; hence gen., clothes, clothing. slang)
notfound: Art & architecture thesaurus, viewed 9 December 2020
