Previously on...: Queer Representation, Racist Ideologies, and the Cultural Navigation of Reality TV
deadline for submissions:
September 30, 2025
full name / name of organization:
Northeast Modern Language Association
contact email:
This virtual panel will discuss and argue how reality shows such as RuPaul’s Drag Race, We’re Here, Survivor, The Rehearsal, and Nathan for You challenge expectations and limitations of narrative and media, and how these shows impact social and cultural understanding of underrepresented communities through spectacle, queerness, race, and gender.
This panel welcomes papers, presentations, and works-in-progress (?!) on reality television and how this genre intersects with critical race and gender studies, critical media studies, fan studies, and digital fandom subcultures.
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