As RuPaul’s Drag Race comes to the UK, a new book catalogues the history of drag, as well as its role in contemporary culture. In Drag: the complete story, author Simon Doonan documents its many iterations – from glamour drag to “look queens”, from frock rockers to kabuki theatre

• In Drag: the Complete Story, by Simon Doonan is out on 16 September, Laurence King Publishing.