“We’re born naked, and the rest is drag”: vestimenta, corpo e personagem das drag queens de Fortaleza

Abstract

This work analyzes the relation of clothing and body with the personality of a drag queen. Its main objective is to understand the influence that the garments and the production of the body during the process of getting in drag has over the persona of the new drag queens from Fortaleza - Ceará, also discussing the connection between clothing and the drag style of each one of them. This research was initially based on a bibliographic analysis, which helped to build the theorical referential of it, and after that pre-structured interviews were conducted with four drag queens that fitted the desired profile. Looking for not only to understand clothing and body itselves, but gender issues and the loan system that happen between drag queens, this work bring reflections to the current drag culture of Fortaleza. As a final result, it's possible to observe that after the process of hours to get in drag, they choose to express themselves creating a drag persona of their own.