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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797650003321
• Autore: Atay Ahmet
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-7391-8506-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 p.)
• Collana: Studies in new media
• Soggetti: Internet - Social aspects; Online social networks; Identity (Psychology); Globalization; Gay men
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.