Transgression 2.0: Media, Culture, and the Politics of a Digital Age [Paperback]

One doesn't need to look far to find examples of contemporary locations of cultural opposition. Digital piracy, audio mashups, The Onion and Wikipedia are all examples of transgression in our current mediascape. And as digital age transgression becomes increasingly essential, it also becomes more difficult to define?and protect.
The contributions in this collection are organized into six sections that address the use of new technologies to alter existing cultural messages, the incorporation of technology and alternative media in transformation of everyday cultural practices and institutions, and the reuse and repurposing of technology to focus active political engagement and innovative social change.

Bringing together a variety of scholars and case studies, Transgression 2.0 will be the first key resource for scholars and students interested in digital culture as a transformative intervention in the types, methods and significance of cultural politics.

Ted Gournelos is an Assistant Professor of Critical Media and Cultural Studies at Rollins College, FL. He is the author of Popular Culture and the Future of Politics: Cultural Studies and the Tao of South Park and co-editor of A Decade of Dark Humor: How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America.

David J. Gunkel is Presidential Teaching Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. He's also the managing editor of the International Journal of Zizek Studies.

I) Mashup/Remix/Repurpose1. Richard Edwards - Flip the Script: Political Mashups as Transgressive Texts 2. David Gunkel - Audible Transgressions: Art and Aesthetics after the Mashup3. Mark Amerika - Source Material Everywhere [[G.]Lit/ch RemiX]: A Conversation with Mark Amerika4. Paul Booth - Saw Fandom and the Transgression of Fan Excess
II) Pornography and Beyond5. Stephen Maddison - Is the Rectum Still a Grave? Anal Sex, Pornography and Transgression6. Sarah Neely - Making Bodies Visil3U