Overview
- Looks at digital media culture and the ways in which young women and girls relate together through the microblogging site Tumblr
- Explores questions of self-identity as they pertain to affect, emotion and gender
- Analyses humorous ‘reaction-GIF’ blogs
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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About this book
Gender and Relatability in Digital Culture will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, and media studies.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Akane Kanai is a lecturer in the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender and Relatability in Digital Culture
Book Subtitle: Managing Affect, Intimacy and Value
Authors: Akane Kanai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91515-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91514-2Published: 03 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08264-2Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91515-9Published: 21 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 195
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gender Studies, Culture and Gender, Cultural Studies, Digital/New Media