Cancel Culture: A Critical Analysis

Cancel Culture: A Critical Analysis
ISBN-10
3030973743
ISBN-13
9783030973742
Series
Cancel Culture
Category
Social Science
Pages
153
Language
English
Published
2022-03-23
Publisher
Springer Nature
Author
Eve Ng

Description

“Cancel culture” has become one of the most charged concepts in contemporary culture and politics, but mainstream critiques from both the left and the right provide only snapshots of responses to the phenomenon. Takinga media and cultural studies perspective, this book traces the origins of cancel practices and discourses, and discusses their subsequent evolution within celebrity and fan cultures, consumer culture, and national politics in the U.S. and China. Moving beyond popular press accounts about the latest targets of cancelling or familiar free speech debates, this analysis identifies multiple lineages for both cancelling and criticisms about cancelling, underscoring the various configurations of power associated with “cancel culture” in particular cultural and political contexts.

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