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Immigrants on Grindr - Race, Sexuality and Belonging Online (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Immigrants on Grindr - Race, Sexuality and Belonging Online (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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This book examines the role of hook-up apps in the lives of gay,
bi, trans, and queer immigrants and refugees, and how the online
culture of these platforms promotes belonging or exclusion. Within
the context of the so-called European refugee crisis, this research
focuses on the experiences of immigrants from especially
Muslim-majority countries to the greater Copenhagen area, a region
known for both its progressive ideologies and its anti-immigrant
practices. Grindr and similar platforms connect newcomers with not
only dates and sex, but also friends, roommates and other
logistical contacts. But these socio-sexual platforms also become
spaces of racialization and othering. Weaving together analyses of
real Grindr profile texts, immigrant narratives, political
rhetoric, and popular media, Immigrants on Grindr provides an
in-depth look at the complex interplay between online and offline
cultures, and between technology and society.
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