{"product_id":"mobile-cultures-9780822330509","title":"Mobile Cultures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides much needed, empirically grounded studies of the connections between new media technologies, the globalization of sexual cultures, and the rise of queer Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”\u003ci\u003eMobile Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eQueer Globalizations: Citizenship and the Afterlife of Colonialism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]n exciting, satisfying and inspiring anthology that makes a significant contribution to transcultural queer studies.\" -- Vicki Crowley * Media International Australia *\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]n important addition to the growing field of queer media studies, and by repositioning the field away from its Euro-American coordinates, the book creates a necessary international space for critical comparative perspectives to flourish.\" -- John Nguyet Erni * Popular Communication *\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]n important work. . . . [T]his volume has unearthed an exciting new arena for queer studies in the intersection of new media and New Asia. Its invaluable wealth of materials, extensive coverage and theoretical sophistication can surely inspire and benefit politics, and postcolonial Asian gender-cum-techno-politics.\" -- Yiman Wang * Quarterly Review of Film and Video *\u003cbr\u003e\"[I]f you don't know what MOTSS BBS are (\"members of the same sex bulletin board systems\") and want to find out, this book would be the place to start.\" -- Bradley Winterton * Taipei Times *\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]he editors . . . have gathered fascinating essays. . . . [T]here is much here to interest readers at all levels. Recommended.\" -- W.A. Vincent * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"As spelt out lucidly in the introduction and acted on earnestly in most of the essays, \u003ci\u003eMobile Cultures \u003c\/i\u003eas a whole has a coherent polemical take on the phenomenal rise of l\/g\/q formations in Asia (and other parts of the world). . . . And through concrete analysis of specific cases, the collection critically examines the question of whether the impact of globalization is homogenizing . . . or in effect 'glocalising.'\" -- Wei-Cheng Raymond Chu * Cultural Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a rich and compelling book. . . . [T]he volume makes a major contribution to Asian studies, new media studies, and particularly queer Asian studies.\" -- Morgan Pitelka * Journal of Men's Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Beep--Click--Link \/ Chris Berry, Fran Martin, and Audrey Yue 1\u003cbr\u003e I. Interfaces: Global\/Local Intersections \u003cbr\u003e I Knew It Was Me: Mass Media, “Globalization,\" and Lesbian and Gay Indonesians \/ Tom Boellstorff 21\u003cbr\u003e Japanese Queerscapes: Global\/Local Intersections on the Internet \/ Mark McLelland 52\u003cbr\u003e Guided Fan Fiction: Western “Readings\" of Japanese Homosexual-Themed Texts \/ Veruska Sabucco 70\u003cbr\u003e Syncretism and Synchronicity: Queer'n'Asian Cyberspace in 1990s Taiwan and Korea \/ Chris Berry and Fran Martin 87\u003cbr\u003e Queerly Embodying the Good and the Normal \/ David Mullaly 115\u003cbr\u003e II. Mobile Sites: New Screens, New Scenes \u003cbr\u003e Singaporean Queering of the Internet: Toward a New Form of Cultural Transmission of Rights Discourse \/ Baden Offord 133\u003cbr\u003e Pop and \u003ci\u003ema: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Landscape of Japanese Commodity Characters and Subjectivity \/ Larissa Hjorth 158\u003cbr\u003e From Khush List to Gay Bombay: Virtual Webs of Real People \/ Sandip Roy 180\u003cbr\u003e III. Circuits: Regional Zones \u003cbr\u003e Queer Voyeurism and the Pussy-Matrix in Shu Lea Cheang's Japanese Pornography \/ Katrien Jacobs 201\u003cbr\u003e Sexing the City: Malaysia's New “Cyberlaws\" and Cyberjaya's Queer Success \/ Olivia Khoo 222\u003cbr\u003e Paging “New Asia\": Sambal Is a Feedback Loop, Coconut Is a Code, Rice Is a System \/ Audrey Yue 245\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 267\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 293\u003cbr\u003e Index 297","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884712538455,"sku":"9780822330509","price":66.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mobile-cultures-9780822330509","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}