Youth Mediations and Affective Relations

Youth Mediations and Affective Relations explores dynamic and expansive possibilities of young people’s affective lives as they engage with diverse social media in prolific and specific ways. It addresses the situated embodied and emotional experiences of

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Youth Mediations and Affective Relations

Susan Driver · Natalie Coulter Editors

Youth Mediations and Affective Relations

Editors Susan Driver York University Toronto, ON, Canada

Natalie Coulter York University Toronto, ON, Canada

ISBN 978-3-319-98970-9 ISBN 978-3-319-98971-6  (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98971-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018951565 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: MirageC This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

This book is dedicated to passions and possibilities of young people everywhere.

Contents

1

Introduction: Open-Ended and Curious Explorations of Youth Mediations and Affective Relations 1 Susan Driver and Natalie Coulter

2

“I Am Crying…This Really Touched My Heart”: Disabled Intimacy and the Thick Materiality of the Virtual 15 Anastasia Todd

3

Decolonizing Technology: Presence, Caring, Sharing, and Orality Within the Indigenous Friends Mobile App 33 Alejandro MayoralBaños

4

Becoming More Than a Self: Affective Relations and Queer Selfie Lines of Flight 53 Susan Driver

5

Vlogging the Hijab: Subjectivity, Affect and Materiality 73 Shazlin Rahman

6

“#YouTuberAnxiety: Anxiety as Emotional Labour and Masquerade in Beauty Vlogs” 89 Sophie Bishop vii

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7

My Moshi Monster Is “Desolate”: Digital Games and Affect in Neoliberal Capitalism 107 Natalie Coulter

8

Queer Girls and Mashups: Archiving Ephemerality 119 Whitney Monaghan

9

The Queer Potential of World of Warcraft: Shame and Desire in the Performance of Gender in Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games 137 Johanna Luanne Fraser

10 The Post and the Grab: Instagram