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041	0		_aEnglish
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100	1		_aChan, Lik Sam _4auth
245	1	0	_aThe Politics of Dating Apps : Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China
260			_aCambridge _bThe MIT Press _c2021
300			_a1 electronic resource (208 p.)
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aAn examination of dating app culture in China, across user demographics—straight women, straight men, queer women, and queer men. In this exploration of dating app culture in China, Lik Sam Chan argues that these popular mobile apps are not merely a platform for personal relationships but also an emerging arena for gender and queer politics. Chan examines the opportunities dating apps present for women's empowerment and men's performances of masculinity, and he links experiences of queer dating app users with their vulnerable position as sexual minorities. He finds that dating apps are both portals to an exciting virtual world of relational possibilities and sites of power dynamics that reflect the heteronormativity and patriarchy of Chinese society. Drawing on in-depth interviews with urban users of such dating apps as Momo, Tantan, Blued, Aloha, Rela, and Lesdo, Chan proposes “networked sexual publics” as a unifying concept to capture the dynamics of dating app culture. Devoting a chapter to each of four publics—straight women, straight men, queer men, and queer women—Chan documents how relationships are shaped and transfigured by this emerging technology. He considers whether dating apps can be a feminist tool; explores straight men's self-presentation on the apps and their interactions with women they meet there; discusses the constant cycle of deleting and installing the same apps seen among queer men; and examines how popular lesbian dating apps may connect queer women to their communities. Finally, Chan maps possible paths for future intersectional, queer, and feminist scholarship on emerging communication technologies.
540			_aCreative Commons _fby-nc-nd/4.0 _2cc _4http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
546			_aEnglish
650		7	_aGender studies: transsexuals & hermaphroditism _2bicssc
650		7	_aAdvertising & society _2bicssc
650		7	_aImpact of science & technology on society _2bicssc
653			_adating apps
653			_ahookup apps
653			_agender politics
653			_agender relations
653			_aqueer
653			_aLGBTQ
653			_ainterpretive flexibility
653			_aaffordance
653			_anetworked publics
653			_asexual publics
653			_asex apps
653			_asocial apps
653			_ahook-up apps
653			_alocation-aware
653			_alocation-based
653			_anetworking apps
653			_aGrindr
653			_aTinder
653			_aBlued
653			_aMomo
653			_aRela
653			_afeminism
653			_atechnofeminism
653			_aleftover women
653			_agender performance
653			_agender performativity
653			_ahegemonic masculinity
653			_asexual harassment
653			_asexual minorities
653			_aaffects
653			_aheteronormativity
653			_asocial construction of technology
653			_ainterpretation
653			_apublics
653			_adigital media
653			_adigital cultures
653			_amobile cultures
653			_aChina
653			_aChinese
653			_aEast Asia
653			_aGlobal South
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856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78006 _70 _zDOAB: description of the publication
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