Drawing on media, cultural and social theory approaches, this book takes a fresh look at the concept of 'population', focusing on the ways in which the concept governs ways of thinking about identities and belonging; overpopulation and underpopulation; otherness; and political concepts of 'forgotten people'.
Drawing on media, cultural and social theory approaches, this book takes a fresh look at the concept of 'population', focusing on the ways in which the concept governs ways of thinking about identities and belonging; overpopulation and underpopulation; otherness; and political concepts of 'forgotten people'.
Rob Cover is Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne Australia. He is the author of Queer Youth Suicide, Culture and Identity: Unliveable Lives?, Vulnerability and Exposure: Footballer Scandals, Masculine Identity and Ethics, Emergent Identities: New Sexualities, Gender and Relationships in a Digital Era, Digital Identities: Creating and Communicating the Online Self and Flirting in the Era of #MeToo: Negotiating Intimacy. He is co-editor of the anthology Youth, Sexuality and Sexual Citizenship.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Population as a Social, Media and Cultural Concept Part 1: Population, Identity and Governance in Public Debates and (Inter)national Policy 2. Fertility Promotion, Power and Contemporary Eugenics 3. Crowded Concepts and the Politics of the Big Nation 4. Population and Identity Part 2: Popular Culture, Population Size and the Composition of Peoples 5. Overpopulation in Visual Representation 6. Underpopulation and Apocalyptic Narratives 7. Genetics, Population Purity and the 'Race of Devils' Part Three: Ethics for Belonging to a Population 8. The 'Forgotten' People 9. Bodies, Racialised Populations and Practices of Othering 10. Attitudes of Welcome: Ethics of Cohabitation and Sustainability
1. Introduction: Population as a Social, Media and Cultural Concept Part 1: Population, Identity and Governance in Public Debates and (Inter)national Policy 2. Fertility Promotion, Power and Contemporary Eugenics 3. Crowded Concepts and the Politics of the Big Nation 4. Population and Identity Part 2: Popular Culture, Population Size and the Composition of Peoples 5. Overpopulation in Visual Representation 6. Underpopulation and Apocalyptic Narratives 7. Genetics, Population Purity and the 'Race of Devils' Part Three: Ethics for Belonging to a Population 8. The 'Forgotten' People 9. Bodies, Racialised Populations and Practices of Othering 10. Attitudes of Welcome: Ethics of Cohabitation and Sustainability
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