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Lecturer in Media Studies, University of East Anglia

Jamie Hakim is a lecturer in media studies at the University of East Anglia. His research interests lie at the intersection of digital cultures, intimacy, embodiment and care. His book Work That Body: Male Bodies in Digital Culture was published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2019. He is principle investigator on the ESRC funded ‘Digital Intimacies: how gay and bisexual men use their smartphones to negotiate their cultures of intimacy’. As part of the Care Collective he has co-authored The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence published by Verso. With Zeena Feldman, Jamie has also recently published the article 'From Paris is Burning to #dragrace: Social Media and the Celebrification of Drag Culture' as part of a special issue of Celebrity Studies entitled ‘Charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent’: RuPaul’s Drag Race and the cultural politics of fame.

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Lecturer in Media Studies, University of East Anglia