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Transgression 2.0: Media, Culture, and the Politics of a Digital Age
One doesn't need to look far to find examples of contemporary locations of cultural opposition. Digital piracy, audio mashups, The Onion and Wikipedia are all examples of transgression in our current mediascape. And as digital age transgression becomes increasingly essential, it also becomes more difficult to define and protect.
The contributions in this collection are organized into six sections that address the use of new technologies to alter existing cultural messages, the incorporation of technology and alternative media in transformation of everyday cultural practices and institutions, and the reuse and repurposing of technology to focus active political engagement and innovative social change.
Bringing together a variety of scholars and case studies, Transgression 2.0 will be the first key resource for scholars and students interested in digital culture as a transformative intervention in the types, methods and significance of cultural politics.
- GenresPolitics
312 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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David J. Gunkel
20 books18 followersDavid J. Gunkel is Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of The Machine Question, Of Remixology, Robot Rights (all published by the MIT Press), and other books.
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October 1, 2012
Very good academic text, that covers some thought-provoking issues around morality, sexuality, identity, and transgression, in an online world.
If there is one standout essay for me it is Paul Booth's examination of Saw fandom. This is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary culture, mashups, media, and the body.
A close second would be Stephen Maddison's 'Is the Rectum Still a Grave?' (while it helps to have read Bersani first, it's definitely not a prerequisite).
I found the section on online BDSM communities somewhat disappointing. For starters it focuses on one BDSM-related online retailer, Kink.com, and seems to make a vast number of judgements about the community as a whole based on this single case-study. Secondly, the information is very broad and generalist, and would probably only interest someone with zero pervious knowledge of BDSM. There are far more interesting texts out there.
Other sections, like Vanessa Au's unpicking of the reponse to her subversion of the Full Metal Jacket "me love you long time" trope, are interesting, but the material has already been covered online and in some journal articles, so may not be new to readers.
However, overall a solid book.
If there is one standout essay for me it is Paul Booth's examination of Saw fandom. This is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary culture, mashups, media, and the body.
A close second would be Stephen Maddison's 'Is the Rectum Still a Grave?' (while it helps to have read Bersani first, it's definitely not a prerequisite).
I found the section on online BDSM communities somewhat disappointing. For starters it focuses on one BDSM-related online retailer, Kink.com, and seems to make a vast number of judgements about the community as a whole based on this single case-study. Secondly, the information is very broad and generalist, and would probably only interest someone with zero pervious knowledge of BDSM. There are far more interesting texts out there.
Other sections, like Vanessa Au's unpicking of the reponse to her subversion of the Full Metal Jacket "me love you long time" trope, are interesting, but the material has already been covered online and in some journal articles, so may not be new to readers.
However, overall a solid book.
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November 9, 2011Recommended by Evgeny Morozov.
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