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Atay, Ahmet,

Globalization's impact on cultural identity formation : queer diasporic males in cyberspace / Ahmet Atay. - 1 online resource - Studies in new media . - Studies in new media. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization -- Diaspora and queer -- Cyberspace and cyber ethnography -- Cyber field-cyberspace -- Diasporic queer cyber communities -- Cyber bodies and cyber identities -- Discussion on cyberspace and identity.

"Presents cyber-ethnography as a method to make sense of complex, globally infused, and cultural experiences; examines how one creates and recreates cultural identity through lived and mediated realities, and analyzes how one uses mediated forms, such as web pages, chat rooms, blogs, and webcams, to understand and negotiate personal identity."

ISBN: 9780739185063 0739185063

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Internet and gay men.
Gay men--Identity.
Internet--Social aspects.
Online social networks.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Gay men--Identity.
Internet and gay men.
Internet--Social aspects.
Online social networks.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ76

Dewey Class. No.: 306.76/62