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Lessons In Drag

A Queer Manual for Academics, Artists, and Aunties

by Kareem Khubchandani

Scholarship and performance combine to show how drag can be a blueprint for critique, care, teaching, and worldmaking. 

 

Lessons in Drag brings to life a vibrant and thought-provoking dialogue between scholar Kareem Khubchandani and his drag persona LaWhore Vagistan. Beginning with an intimate interview, the book unfolds in alternating chapters where the two exchange insights, stories, and critiques. Khubchandani delves into the lessons LaWhore's drag practice offers about academia--shaping his approaches to research, teaching, and writing--while Vagistan reveals how Khubchandani's scholarship influences her performances, inspiring her understanding of fashion, music, divas, and aunties. Together, their reflections and conversations weave a compelling tapestry of drag's instructive power. Witty, bold, and deeply personal, Lessons in Drag is both an invitation to explore drag as a practice and a celebration of its transformative potential.
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LGBTQIA+ NONFICTION
LGBTQIA+

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Pages:

300

Published:

Oct 2025

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Brandeis University Press

ISBN:

9781684582891

Scholarship and performance combine to show how drag can be a blueprint for critique, care, teaching, and worldmaking. 

 

Lessons in Drag brings to life a vibrant and thought-provoking dialogue between scholar Kareem Khubchandani and his drag persona LaWhore Vagistan. Beginning with an intimate interview, the book unfolds in alternating chapters where the two exchange insights, stories, and critiques. Khubchandani delves into the lessons LaWhore's drag practice offers about academia--shaping his approaches to research, teaching, and writing--while Vagistan reveals how Khubchandani's scholarship influences her performances, inspiring her understanding of fashion, music, divas, and aunties. Together, their reflections and conversations weave a compelling tapestry of drag's instructive power. Witty, bold, and deeply personal, Lessons in Drag is both an invitation to explore drag as a practice and a celebration of its transformative potential.
$57.00