Transgression 2.0
Media, Culture, and the Politics of a Digital Age
Published on 24. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-4411-6833-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses the multifaceted aspects of transgression in the digital age, from piracy to audio mashups. 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.
Reviews / Votes
Transgression 2.0 is a carefully crafted and nuanced collective account of transgression in an age of social networks feeding revolutions, of the reign of software in election campaigns, of omnipresent porn and spam, the 'triumph' of Wikileaks, and of the endless amateur cultural production of everything. Full of tasty detail covering a range of highly contemporary issues, the book avoids hyper-optimistic or dismissive claims and offers new ways of understanding the dynamics of resistance and appropriation, creativity, emancipatory change and enclosure, that are core to transgression. This is a rare find for anyone looking for a balanced account of today's network- and software-reliant cultures in terms of their convoluted aesthetic and political powers. -- Dr Olga Goriunova, Senior Lecturer in Media Practice, London Metropolitan University, and author of Art Platforms and Cultural Production on the Internet This is a smart, diverse collection of essays that has something to thrill -- and enrage -- everyone. Which, of course, is exactly what any good book about transgression /should/ do. If you want to be comforted, wrap yourself in a blanket and make a pot of tea. But if you want to think seriously about the promises and perils of transgressive politics in the 21st century, read this book. --Gilbert B. Rodman, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of MinnesotaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
20
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-6833-7 (9781441168337)
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11/2011
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Bloomsbury Continuum
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Persons
David J. Gunkel is Presidential Teaching Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University.. Ted Gournelos is an Assistant Professor of Critical Media and Cultural Studies at Rollins College, FL.
Content
I) Mashup/Remix/Repurpose; 1. Richard Edwards - Flip the Script: Political Mashups as Transgressive Texts; 2. David Gunkel - Audible Transgressions: Art and Aesthetics after the Mashup; 3. Mark Amerika - Source Material Everywhere [[G.]Lit/ch RemiX]: A Conversation with Mark Amerika; 4. Paul Booth - Saw Fandom and the Transgression of Fan Excess; II) Pornography and Beyond; 5. Stephen Maddison - Is the Rectum Still a Grave? Anal Sex, Pornography and Transgression; 6. Sarah Neely - Making Bodies Visible: Post-Feminism and the Pornographication of Online Identities; 7. Grant Kein - BDSM and Transgression 2.0: The Case of Kink.com; 8. Julian Petley - Sick Stuff: Law, Criminality, and Obscenity; III) Media 2.0 - Legitimacy, Power, and Information; 9. Mark Nunes - Abusing the Media: Viral Validity in a Republic of Spam; 10. Ted Gournelos - Breaking the News: Wikileaks and Secrecy in the Age of the Internet; 11. Vanessa Au - My day of fame on Digg.com: Race, Representation, and Resistance in Web 2.0; 12. Henry Jenkins - An Interview with Henry Jenkins; IV) Law, Social Disturbance and Political Unrest; 13. Jack Bratich - Sovereign Networks, Pre-emptive Transgression, Communications Warfare: Case studies in Social Movement Media; 14. Debra Shaw - Monsters in the Metropolis: Pirate Utopias and the New Politics of Space; 15. Hector Fernandez L'Hoeste - On the Mexican State's War on Drug Violence: Transgression in the Representation and Circulation of Los Perro Salvajes; 16. Mike Truscello - Social Media and the Representation of Summit Protests: YouTube, Riot Porn, and the Anarchist Tradition; Index.