This third and final volume in Edward and Farrier’s groundbreaking trilogy spotlights the vibrant spectrum of drag as an art form, identity category and political force. Drawing on practice, research, and interdisciplinary approaches, the volume captures drag’s continual capacity to challenge, critique and create. Drawing from a range of academic disciplines, including critical disability studies, media, philosophy, linguistics, the book celebrates the many faces – and possibilities – of drag as a cultural and performance form. The contributions include chapters that are assertively activist, deeply reflective, and thought provoking. This third volume goes in search of new conversations through the exploration of critical drag studies. The frameworks that formulate these conversations advocate for a broader, inclusive vision of drag, while not shying away from some of its problematic components. The chapters peek behind the glamourous veneer of drag, exposing the grit and sweat that underpin the performance, while winking at the theory that we may use to understand. Drag Vistas and Visions sees drag through a transformative lens that pushes boundaries and transcends the ordinary. “If you are interested in the history and academic aspects of Drag, this book is for you. The assorted chapters written by different experts give different views of Drag all around the world.” ― Sue Tilley, Leigh Bowery biographer “An in-depth study of Camp containing a chapter on David Bowie's relationship to the phenomenon? Count me in! An entertaining, exhaustive and illuminating book - fascinating to read the stories of the various Drag Queens from different cultures, each with their own unique self-invented persona... a very Ziggy Stardust concept.” ― Mark Wardel, Artist “Drag as a critical field of study owes no small debt to Edward and Farrier who, in this third and final volume of their ground-breaking series, continue to shine light on drags' plurality and multi-vocality. Bringing together a diverse range of practices and voices, the 'vistas' and 'visions' represented here extend well beyond the mainstream, revealing not just what drag does now, but envisioning what it may yet still do. Drag as a field is justifiably acknowledged. So too is the need and invitation to keep negotiating and changing its boundaries.” ― Professor Dee Heddon, James Arnott Chair in Drama, University of Glasgow, UK Mark Edward is a pracademic and a category dodger. His performance work in live art, contemporary dance performance, theatre, drag and post-modern choreography are often rooted in political and social narratives such as fat body shaming, age(eing) invisibility, homophobia, toxic and bruised masculinity, disability, mental health, class and him being neurodivergent as a ADHDancer and ADHDrag. He has featured in Attitude magazine, Scene magazine and GT magazine, and been interviewed for several BBC radio and TV documentaries, focusing on drag histories and activism, with drag performers Choriza May, Mutha Tucka and Miss Dixie Swallows. He has also featured in 'The History of Drag' documentary, alongside Boy George, lanah.p and Ginny Lemon. His research into drag cultures provided the content for the three-part BBC 'Drag Herstories' series. He is the author of the book 'Mesearch and the Performing Body' (Palgrave), and co-editor (alongside Professor Stephen Farrier) of the books 'Contemporary Drag Practices and Performers: Drag in a Changing Scene vol 1', 'Drag Histories, Herstories and Hairstories; Drag in a Changing Scene vol 2' and 'Drag: the Basics' (Routledge) with Professor Chris Greenough. He is the writer, and producer of the acclaimed immersive installation work 'Council House Movie Star' and the the first person to bring practical drag studies into higher education. He has performed with and worked for a range of arts organisations and artists including Rambert Dance, Senza Tempo Dance Theatre, Penny Arcade in her pivotal work 'Bad Reputation' and with the Australian performance activist Jeremy Goldstein in his 'Truth to Power Cafè'. Mark Taylor-Batty is Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and Deputy Head of School in the School of English at the University of Leeds, UK. His previous publications include The Theatre of Harold Pinter (Bloomsbury, 2014), About Pinter: The Playwright and the Work (Faber and Faber, 2005), Roger Blin: Collaborations and Methodologies (Peter Lang, 2007) and, he co-authored with his wife, Juliette Taylor-Batty, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (Continuum, 2009). Stephen Farrier, PhD is Professor and Deputy Principal at Rose Bruford College, UK. Broadly, his work focuses on queer performance and its histories, and community performance practices related to gender and sexuality. In 2023 he co-edited a special double edition of Contemporary Theatre Review , entitled 'What's Queer about Queer Performance Now?' with Alyson Campbell and Manola-Gayatri Kumarswamy. Since co-editin