Description
Fifteen thought-provoking essays engage in an innovative dialogue between cultural studies of affect, feelings and emotions, and digital cultures, new media and technology. The volume provides a fascinating dialogue that cuts across disciplines, media platforms and geographic and linguistic boundaries.
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction: Affective Fabrics of Digital Cultures; A.Kuntsman PART I: AFFECT IN THE AGE OF THE DIGITAL War By Other Means: What Difference Does the Graphic(s) Make?; P.Ticineto Clough Nanoarchitectures: The Synthetic Design of Extensions and Thoughts; L.Parisi WikiLeaks Affects: Ideology, Conflict and the Revolutionary Virtual; A.Karatzogianni PART II: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS OF DIGITAL CULTURES Affect, Fantasy and Digital Cultures; D.Ferreday Videogames and the Digital Sublime; E.Shinkle Digital Affect, Clubbing and Club Drug Cultures: Reflection, Anticipation, Counter-Reaction; K.Moore Touching Tales: Emotion in Digital Object Memories; K.Leder & A.Karpovich PART III: VIRTUAL INTIMACIES White Collar Intimacy; M.Gregg DIY Therapy: Exploring Affective Self-representations in Trans Video Blogs on YouTube; T.Raun Virtually Yours: Reflecting on the Place of Mobile Phones in Romantic Relationships; M.Sirisena PART IV: FEELINGS, TECHNOLOGIES, POLITICS Symptomologies of the State: Cuba's 'Email War' and the Paranoid Public Sphere; L.Humphreys The Seducer's Net: Internet, Politics and Seduction; J.Rone Digital Aesthetics and Affective Politics: Isaac Julien's Audio-Visual Installations; M.Quadraro Epilogue: The Futures of the Affective Digital; A.Karatzogianni Index
