[Air-l] Dance Dance (no) Revolution

[Bob Rehak]

Quoting "Mary K. Bryson" <mary.bryson at ubc.ca>:

> I was watching two boys playing Dance Dance Revolution yesterday, and
> thinking yet again about economies of attention in media spaces, and how
> this interface seems to shift typical (western) understandings about bodies,
> gender and sexuality. So I wondered if someone has already written something
> really savvy about this "game" and these modalities and juxtapositions. I
> have searched multiple times for something good on DDR and culture, and not
> yet found it. If you know of something, I would really appreciate it if you
> might let me know.

Mary, I encourage you to check out this article:

Chien, Irene. "This is Not a Dance." Film Quarterly, Spring 2006, Vol. 
59, No. 3, Pages 22-34. University of California Press, Berkeley.

And my friend Jake Smith's conference paper on the subject:

http://old.imv.au.dk/eng/academic/pdf_files/Smith.pdf

Hope this helps!

Bob

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Bob Rehak

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