Globalization's impact on cultural identity formation : queer diasporic males in cyberspace / Ahmet Atay.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Atay, Ahmet, author.

Series:

• Studies in new media.
• Studies in new media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Internet--Social aspects.
• Online social networks.
• Identity (Psychology).
• Globalization.
• Gay men.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalization's Impact on Cultural Identity Formation examines the range of factors that affect the cultural identity formation of diasporic, queer bodies in the context of globalization. Atay utilizes cyber-ethnography, a critical research method, to investigate these aspects of identity as presented in mediated realities, such as web pages, chat rooms, blogs, and webcams.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Globalization; 2 Diaspora and Queer; 3 Cyberspace and Cyber Ethnography; 4 Cyber Field-Cyberspace; 5 Diasporic Queer Cyber Communities; 6 Cyber Bodies and Cyber Identities; 7 Discussion on Cyberspace and Identity; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-8506-3

OCLC:

922925639