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Mediated Intimacy
Emma Leigh Waldron
其他書名
Performing Sex on HBO, Youtube, and in Analog Role-playing Games
出版University of California, Davis, 2018
ISBN04389312119780438931213
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1fgSzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This dissertation explores how intimacy is performed in the 21st century, and develops the concept of mediated intimacy. Looking at three sites of performance, I argue that intimacy is an amorphous affect that is given shape, scope, intensity, and meaning through mediating practices. First, I show how sex mediates intimacy through an exploration of sex positivity in the popular HBO series Sex and the City (1998-2004) and Girls (2012-2017). Next, I investigate YouTube videos designed to produce Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), a tingly sensation that some people feel when they hear certain sounds or experience other specific stimuli. By focusing on “personal attention” role play ASMR videos, I show how the performances of ASMRtists and their deft use of technology can facilitate new modes of intimacy, thus opening up conceptions of what may fall under the definition of sex. Lastly, I turn to game studies and an analysis of “safety mechanics” used for mitigating emotional intensity in tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) and live action role-playing games (larps). I connect these practices to conversations about sexual consent circulating in popular discourse today, and advocate for shifting the focus of consent guidelines from personal responsibility to mutual response-ability. I conclude by asserting that the study of intimacy is important to critiques of power, and that the concept of mediated intimacy helps to disambiguate sex and intimacy, thus highlighting the political and transformative aspects of sexual encounters.