{"product_id":"digital-intimacies-queer-men-and-smartphones-in-times-of-crisis-paperback","title":"Digital Intimacies: Queer Men and Smartphones in Times of Crisis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJamie Hakim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKath Albury\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames Cummings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQueer men's cultures of intimacy have long been sites of fierce contestation.\u003c\/b\u003e Indeed, debates have raged for decades over issues such as monogamy, safer sex, sexual racism and gay marriage. The introduction of the smartphone in 2008 only intensified these debates whilst also raising a further set of questions which are explored in this open access book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough interviews with a diverse group of 43 queer men about their smartphone mediated intimacies, \u003ci\u003eDigital Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that queer men use their smartphones, not simply to arrange intimate encounters, but more specifically to gain a sense of control over the parts of their intimate lives that make them feel most vulnerable. For instance, some use messaging apps to gain a sense of control over intimate conversations that they feel too vulnerable to have in person. Others use the 'block' function on dating apps to feel in control of the racism and transphobia they are vulnerable to on these apps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDigital Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e therefore illuminates not only hitherto underexplored aspects of queer men's cultures of intimacy but crucially also brings into view previously obscured cultural dynamics, gaining insight into the historical moments in which they occur. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamie Hakim\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in culture, media and creative industries, King's College, London, UK. His previous book \u003ci\u003eWork That Body: Male Bodies in Digital Culture \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2019. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngrid Young\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the University of Edinburgh, UK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Cummings\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK. James is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Everyday Lives of Gay Men in Hainan: Sociality, Space and Time \u003c\/i\u003e(2022).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46034478399624,"sku":"9781350381780","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/7168\/9864\/files\/Wn5JWPCpx79781350381780.webp?v=1780740392","url":"https:\/\/birzeitsociety.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/digital-intimacies-queer-men-and-smartphones-in-times-of-crisis-paperback","provider":"Birzeit Society Online Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}