Suchergebnisse

1. Introduction -- 2. The Gentrified Juggernaut: Exploring Bigger and Better Remakes -- 3. The All-lady, Feminist Extravaganza: Gender and Sex-Swap Remakes -- 4. Sexing the Remake: The Sexy, Less-Sexy, Queer and Not-So Redos -- 5. Going Black, Going Brown: Reimagining Race in the Contemporary Remake -- 6. Conclusion

"Written by an expert in media, popular culture, gender, and sexuality, this book surveys the common archetypes of Internet users--from geeks, nerds, and gamers to hackers, scammers, and predators--and assesses what these stereotypes reveal about our culture's attitudes regarding gender, technology, intimacy, and identity. Provides exhaustively researched and richly detailed information about the interplay between media representations of Internet users and gender, politics, technology, and society that is fascinating and fun to read; Presents findings that suggest that in spite of the Internet being so prevalent, technophobia is still an inherent subtext of many pop culture references to it; Considers how the vast majority of the portrayals of Internet user stereotypes are male--and evaluates how these male-dominated roles shape and are shaped by popular attitudes about sexuality, technology, intimacy, and identity"--

1. The market economy of love -- 2. The authenticity of online intimacy -- 3. The dateless and the desperate -- 4. Online deception, offline disaster -- 5. Seeking stimulation online -- 6. The quest for kink.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Women Bleeding Secretly; 2 Red Tents and Moon Lodges; 3 The Curse of Eve; 4 The Menstrual Mess; 5 I Want to Suck Your Blood; 6 Bleeding Out Proud; 7 You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til It's Gone; 8 Where Have All the Menstruators Gone?; Conclusion; Media References; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.