A review by timbooksin
Drag: The Complete Story (a Look at the History and Culture of Drag) by Simon Doonan

2.0

(Looks like I'm the unpopular opinion here...) This is a coffee table book, not, as the subtitle suggests, a complete story of drag and its herstory. There were some good little learning nuggets in here but I take issue with how forms of drag were classified and discussed, especially black drag. To go beyond serving a vanity purpose, this book would need to be completely reorganized and include thorough references. Not that I don't love a good picture book of drag queens and other gender performers! And I love that the author is so celebratory. But I can't help but feel that this story is anything but complete.