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Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia (Console-ing Passions)
. Ed(S): Berry, Chris; Martin, Fran; Yue, Audrey
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paperback. Provides much needed, empirically grounded studies of the connections between new media technologies, the globalization of sexual cultures, and the rise of queer Asia. Editor(s): Berry, Chris; Martin, Fran; Yue, Audrey. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 209.
Mobile Cultures provides much-needed, empirically grounded studies of the connections between new media technologies, the globalization of sexual cultures, and the rise of queer Asia. The availability and use of new media—fax machines, mobile phones, the Internet, electronic message boards, pagers, and global television—have grown exponentially in Asia over the past decade. This explosion of information technology has sparked a revolution, transforming lives and lifestyles, enabling the creation of communities and the expression of sexual identities in a region notorious for the regulation of both information and sexual conduct. Whether looking at the hanging of toy cartoon characters like “Hello ... Read more
Mobile Cultures provides much-needed, empirically grounded studies of the connections between new media technologies, the globalization of sexual cultures, and the rise of queer Asia. The availability and use of new media—fax machines, mobile phones, the Internet, electronic message boards, pagers, and global television—have grown exponentially in Asia over the past decade. This explosion of information technology has sparked a revolution, transforming lives and lifestyles, enabling the creation of communities and the expression of sexual identities in a region notorious for the regulation of both information and sexual conduct. Whether looking at the hanging of toy cartoon characters like “Hello ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Console-ing Passions
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822330875
SKU
V9780822330875
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About . Ed(S): Berry, Chris; Martin, Fran; Yue, Audrey
Chris Berry is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is author of A Bit on the Side: East-West Topographies of Desire and editor of several books including Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy: The Genesis of China’s Fifth Generation, published by Duke University Press. Fran Martin is Lecturer in the Cinema Studies Program ... Read more
Reviews for Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia (Console-ing Passions)
”Mobile Cultures is a feast of a collection. This compelling anthology renders the mediated queer realities of Asia within a more dynamic global frame. Studies of the Internet, cinema, and other technologies unmoor queer Asia from its static and sedentary locations. A necessary addition to the burgeoning field of transnational queer cultural studies!”—Martin F. Manalansan IV, coeditor of Queer Globalizations: ... Read more