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UK university launches first ever ‘Drag Studies’ course

By Josh Haggis

Edge Hill has become the first UK university to offer a drag queen-themed course.

The module, titled “Drag Kings and Drag Queens of Performance,” will be available to third-year undergraduates at the university from January 2016.

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The course, which will explore the relationships between performance, gender, sexualities and identity, will include a variety of topics including drag performance, humour, HIV/AIDS  and costume.

“Despite the fact that performers have been ‘dragging up’ since Shakespearean times,” said senior lecturer Senior Lecturer Mark Edward, “this module is completely unique in exploring the crossing of boundaries in terms of gender and performance.”

“As part of undergraduate studies, it not only explores drag as a highly camp performance art, it also engages with complex gender, feminist and queer theory to explore the social and political implication of ‘doing gender’ in performance. There’s a lot more to drag studies than wigs, make-up and high heels!”

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