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If the twentieth century has beendominated by discussions of the public, public life, and the public sphere, Contemporary Publics argues that, in thetwenty-first century, we must complicate the singularity of that paradigm andstart thinking of our world in terms of multiple, overlapping, and competing publics. In three distinct streams-art,media and technology, and the intimate life-this volume offers up theintellectual and political significance of thinking through the plurality ofour publics. "Countering Neoliberal Publics: Screen and Space," explores howdifferent artistic practices articulate the challenges and desires of multiplepublics. "Making and Shaping Publics: Discourse and Technology" showcases howmedia shape publics, and how new and emerging publics use these technologies toconstruct identities. "Commodifying Public Intimacies" examines what happens tothe notion of the private when intimacies structure publics, move into publicspaces, and develop value that can be exchanged and circulated.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1.Introduction:The Plurality of Publics P. DAVID MARSHALL.- Part I.Countering Neoliberal Publics: Screen and Space.- 2.The Beach Beneath the Street: Art and Counterpublic GLENN D'CRUZ.- 3.A Hungry Public: Stranger Relationality and the Blak Wave FELICITY COLLINS.- 4.Re-membering, (Re-) appropriation and Polyphony: SBS Independent and White Australian Memory AMANDA MALEL TREVISANUT.- 5.Ghosting: Putting the Volume into Screen Memory PAUL CARTER.- 6.Dancing Dandenong: The Poetics of Spatial Politics GLENN D'CRUZ, SHAUN MCLEOD, DIRK DE BRUYN, STEVEN MCINTYRE.- 7.New Strategies for Old Practices CAMERON BISHOP.- Part II.Making and Shaping Publics: Discourse and Technology.- 8.Media Technologies and Publics SHARYN MCDONALD.- 9.Cosmopolitanism on Demand? Television and the Narrowing of Mediated Social Connection PAUL ATKINSON, REBECCA STRATING.- 10.Multilingual Publics: Fansubbing Global TV TESSA DWYER.- 11.Surveillance Publics after Edward Snowden MICHAEL RICHARDSON.- 12.Stoking Expectations: Public Relations and the Politics of "Bogans" KRISTIN DEMETRIOUS.- 13.We Are Rhetoric. Get Over It! STEVE MACKEY.- Part III.Commodifying Public Intimacies.- 14.Making Cents of Contemporary Intimacies: The Private in the Public KATJA LEE.- 15.When the Private Becomes Public: Commodity Activism, Endorsement and Making Meaning in a Privatised World P. DAVID MARSHALL.- 16.Elite Athletes as Charitable Ambassadors: Risks Associated with Indiscretions SHARYN MCDONALD.- 17.The Intimate Publics of Popular Music Memoirs: Strategies of Feeling in Celebrity Self-Representation KATJA LEE.- 18.Spirited Publics? Post-secularism, Enchantment and Enterprise on Indian Television TANIA LEWIS
Über den Autor / die Autorin
P. David Marshall holds a
research professorship and personal chair in New Media, Communication and
Cultural Studies at Deakin University, Australia and is also a Distinguished
High-End Visiting Foreign Expert at Central China University’s School of
Journalism and Communication, China. He is the author, co-author, editor, or
co-editor of many books including Celebrity
and Power, 2nd Edition (2014), Companion
to Celebrity (2015), Promotional
Vistas (2016), and Persona Studies
(2016).
Glenn D’Cruz is a lecturer in
Drama and Cultural Studies at Deakin University, Australia. He is the author of
Midnight’s Orphans: Anglo-Indians in
Post/Colonial Literature (2006) and the editor of Class Act: Melbourne Workers Theatre 1987-2007 (2007). He has
published widely in national and international journals in the areas of
literary studies, performance studies and cultural studies.
Sharyn McDonald is a lecturer
in Reputation Management and Marketing Communication at Deakin University,
Australia. Her combined teaching and industry experience spans over 20 years
and has strengthened her interdisciplinary approach to research. Sharyn’s
research focuses on social responsibility and issue management with a
particular emphasis on non-government organisations.
Katja Lee is a SSHRC
postdoctoral fellow at Simon Fraser University, Canada and a member of the
Persona, Celebrity, Publics Research Group at Deakin University, Australia. She
has published essays on celebrity, public identity performance, and life
writing, and is co-editor of Celebrity
Cultures in Canada (2016).
Zusammenfassung
If the twentieth century has been
dominated by discussions of the public, public life, and the public sphere, Contemporary Publics argues that, in the
twenty-first century, we must complicate the singularity of that paradigm and
start thinking of our world in terms of multiple, overlapping, and competing publics. In three distinct streams—art,
media and technology, and the intimate life—this volume offers up the
intellectual and political significance of thinking through the plurality of
our publics. “Countering Neoliberal Publics: Screen and Space,” explores how
different artistic practices articulate the challenges and desires of multiple
publics. “Making and Shaping Publics: Discourse and Technology” showcases how
media shape publics, and how new and emerging publics use these technologies to
construct identities. “Commodifying Public Intimacies” examines what happens to
the notion of the private when intimacies structure publics, move into public
spaces, and develop value that can be exchanged and circulated.
