Transgression 2.0 Media, Culture, and the Politics of a Digital Age
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Biographical note
David J. Gunkel is Presidential Teaching Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University.. Ted Gournelos is an Assistant Professor of Critical Media and Cultural Studies at Rollins College, FL.Transgression 2.0 is a carefully crafted and nuanced collective account of transgression in an age of social networks feeding revolutions, of the reign of software in election campaigns, of omnipresent porn and spam, the ‘triumph' of Wikileaks, and of the endless amateur cultural production of everything. Full of tasty detail covering a range of highly contemporary issues, the book avoids hyper-optimistic or dismissive claims and offers new ways of understanding the dynamics of resistance and appropriation, creativity, emancipatory change and enclosure, that are core to transgression. This is a rare find for anyone looking for a balanced account of today's network- and software-reliant cultures in terms of their convoluted aesthetic and political powers. -- Dr Olga Goriunova, Senior Lecturer in Media Practice, London Metropolitan University, and author of Art Platforms and Cultural Production on the Internet
This is a smart, diverse collection of essays that has something to thrill -- and enrage -- everyone. Which, of course, is exactly what any good book about transgression /should/ do. If you want to be comforted, wrap yourself in a blanket and make a pot of tea. But if you want to think seriously about the promises and perils of transgressive politics in the 21st century, read this book. --Gilbert B. Rodman, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Minnesota