Drag Queens and Beauty Queens

Presents a vivid ethnography of the Miss'd America pageant and the gay neighbourhood from which it emerged in the early 1990s. The book examines how the pageant strengthened community bonds and activism, as well as how it has changed now that Rupaul's Drag Race has brought many of its practices into the cultural mainstream.

Concursul Miss America a avut loc in Atlantic City in ultimii sute de ani, contribuind la promovarea orasului ca destinatie turistica. Dar la doar cateva strazi distanta, orasul gazduieste un eveniment mai mic, care, in felul sau, este la fel de vital pentru comunitatea locala: concursul de dragoste Miss'd America.