Quoting "Mary K. Bryson" <mary.bryson@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 --------------------------------------- Bob Rehak Department of Communication and Culture Mottier Hall, 1790 East Tenth St. Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-9700 Associate Editor, North America Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal will be published by Sage starting 2006. Subscribe now for a free online subscription! www.sagepub.co.uk/animation