Global Media, Biopolitics, and Affect

Politicizing Bodily Vulnerability

Autori

• Carsten Stage
• Britta Timm Knudsen

Parametri

• 166 pagine
• 6 ore di lettura

• Arte / Cultura
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Scienze sociali
• Storia
• Teatro

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The book offers a theoretical framework for analyzing bodily vulnerability within modern media culture, complemented by empirical case studies on topics like online war commemoration, protest strategies, and illness blogging. It investigates how global media interacts with affect theory and examines the body as a means of biopolitical protest, highlighting the significance of vulnerability in contemporary societal issues.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2014

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