Description
"Cancel culture" has become one of the most charged concepts in contemporary culture and politics, but mainstream critiques from both the left and the right provide only snapshots of responses to the phenomenon. Takinga media and cultural studies perspective, this book traces the origins of cancel practices and discourses, and discusses their subsequent evolution within celebrity and fan cultures, consumer culture, and national politics in the U.S. and China. Moving beyond popular press accounts about the latest targets of cancelling or familiar free speech debates, this analysis identifies multiple lineages for both cancelling and criticisms about cancelling, underscoring the various configurations of power associated with "cancel culture" in particular cultural and political contexts.
Author: Eve Ng
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/25/2023
Pages: 153
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.35d
ISBN13: 9783030973766
ISBN10: 303097376X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Media Studies
About the Author
Eve Ng is Associate Professor in the School of Media Arts and Studies and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Ohio University, USA. Her interdisciplinary scholarship examines LGBTQ media, digital media cultures, and constructions of national identity. She has published in numerous journals, including Communication, Culture & Critique, Development and Change, Feminist Media Studies, Feminist Studies, International Journal of Communication, Journal of Film and Video, Popular Communication, and Transformative Works and Culture.