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'0 Feet Away': The Queer Cartography of French Gay Men's Geo-social Media Use

Anthropological journal of European cultures, 2013-10, Vol.22 (2), p.112 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Berghahn Books and Journals Autumn 2013 ;ISSN: 1755-2923 ;EISSN: 1755-2931

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  • Title:
    '0 Feet Away': The Queer Cartography of French Gay Men's Geo-social Media Use
  • Author: Batiste, Dominique Pierre
  • Subjects: Communication ; Community ; French language ; Friendship ; Gays & lesbians ; Homosexuality ; Innovations ; Internet ; Mass media ; Men ; Public space ; Public sphere ; Resistance ; Sexuality ; Social networks ; Social space ; Space ; Technology
  • Is Part Of: Anthropological journal of European cultures, 2013-10, Vol.22 (2), p.112
  • Description: Why do gay men utilise geo-social media applications such as Grindr and Scruff? Social media scholarship describes technological mediations and changes to social space and communities; however, there are theoretical gaps concerning what geo-social technology means for gay men. I suggest that gay men's ability to see other gay men, via geo-social media, reveals the queer cartography of any geographical location. This re-mapping of social space proves the public sphere less heteronormative than purported, cultivates community between gay men who may initiate face-to-face contact utilising geo-locative technology, and allows gay men to interact with one another outside of specifically gay spaces. This research is based in Toulouse, France, and adds to scholarship concerning French gay men's resistance to heteronormativity. This research also holds global significance concerning subjugated communities' uses of geo-social technology in their resistance against dominant cultures. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
  • Publisher: New York: Berghahn Books, Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1755-2923
    EISSN: 1755-2931
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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