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The Politics of Dating Apps

Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China

Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China

By Lik Sam Chan

By Lik Sam Chan

By Lik Sam Chan

By Lik Sam Chan

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Mar 09, 2021 | ISBN 9780262542340

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    About The Politics of Dating Apps

    An 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.

    About The Politics of Dating Apps

    An 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.

    Product Details

    Category: Technology

    Paperback | $30.00
    Published by The MIT Press
    Mar 09, 2021 | 208 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780262542340

    Category: Technology

    Ebook | $21.99
    Published by The MIT Press
    Mar 09, 2021 | 208 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780262363396
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    Praise

    “Chan’s innovative research connects everyday digital media uses to China’s larger issues of gender, sexual, and queer politics. Taking neither a utopian nor a pessimistic stance, he unpacks the multiplicity of dating apps’ political and social effects on both marginalized groups and those in power. More importantly, this study precipitates further questions about dating apps’ potential to challenge heteronormativity, and to create space for marginalized individuals, in a society with shrinking room for feminist and queer politics.”—Current History

    Table Of Contents

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
    NOTES ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION xi
    1 INTRODUCTION: DATING APPS HAVE POLITICS, TOO 1
    2 ARE DATING APPS A FEMINIST TOOL? A TECHNOFEMINIST ANALYSIS 29
    3 CUTE IS THE NEW MANLY: PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE MASCULINITIES 53
    4 CYCLES OF UNINSTALLING AND REINSTALLING: CONTRADICTORY AFFECTS IN GAY APP USE 75
    5 BUILDING A CIRCLE FOR QUEER WOMEN: AFFORDANCE OF COMMUNAL CONNECTIVITY 97
    6 CONCLUSION: EMERGENCE OF NETWORKED SEXUAL PUBLICS 119
    APPENDIX: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTION 131
    NOTES 147
    REFERENCES 155
    INDEX 181

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