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b'With the high visibility of drag queens on TV and social media and (even this podcast) there\\u2019s an idea that drag is just another form of show business, but it\\u2019s so much more.

For Puerto Rican queens or \\u201cLocas\\u201d as they are known, the call to do drag often stems from the pressure to survive as an artist in a very dangerous world.

Larry La Fountain\\u2019s new book Translocas: the Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance gives us a deep look at how Puerto Rican performers use drag to explore race, class, poverty and gender.

Today Larry La Fountain, professor of queer and Latinx studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor joins us to take a look at the Translocas we love: from Ru girls like Nina Flowers and Monica Beverly Hillz to trans pioneer Sylvia Rivera to other fabulous performance artists like Barbara Herr, Lady Catiria, Javier Cardona, Freddy Mercado and even Larry\\u2019s alter ego Lola Von Miramar.

Plus--

\\u27a4 Was Ricky Martin\\u2019s mega hit pop song \\u201cLivin\\u2019 la Vida Loca\\u201d a queer coded anthem?

\\u27a4 With POSE on FX wrapping up the third season, what\\u2019s going to happen to the careers of trans Latinx actors like MJ Rodriguez and Indya Moore?

\\u27a4 Vejigantes, the horned masked tricksters from carnival celebrations in Puerto Rico. Are they drag queens too?

\\u27a4 And singing and dancing Puerto Ricans come to Hollywood with two major motion pictures hitting the big screens this year: In the Heights and Steven Speilbergo\\u2019s remake of West Side Story.

FEATURED BOOK:
\\U0001f4d8 Larry LaFountain\' new book is out! - Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance
https://www.press.umich.edu/11314788/translocas

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