Digital diaspora : a race for cyberspace / Anna Everett.
2009
659.3 E93
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659.3 E93
Title
Digital diaspora : a race for cyberspace / Anna Everett.
Language
English
Author
Everett, Anna
Imprint
Albany : SUNY Press, c2009.
Description
xii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Suny series, cultural studies in cinema/video
Summary
[Publisher description] Traces the rise of black participation in cyberspace, particularly during the early years of the Internet. The author challenges the problematic historical view of black people as quintessential information-age outsiders or poster children for the digital divide by uncovering their early technolust and repositioning them as eager technology adopters and consumers, and thus as co-constituent elements in the information technology revolution. Offers case studies that include lessons learned from early adoption of the Internet by the Association of Nigerians Living Abroad and their Niajanet virtual community, the grassroots organizing efforts that led to the Million Woman March, the migration of several historical black presses online, and an interventionist critique of race in contemporary video games.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-236) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Toward a theory of the egalitarian technosphere : how wide is the digital divide
Digital women : the case of the million woman march online and on television
New black public spheres : the case of the black press in the age of digital reproduction
Serious play : playing with race in contemporary culture
The revolution will be digitized : reimaging Africanity in cyberspace.
Digital women : the case of the million woman march online and on television
New black public spheres : the case of the black press in the age of digital reproduction
Serious play : playing with race in contemporary culture
The revolution will be digitized : reimaging Africanity in cyberspace.
ISBN
079147674X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791476741 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791476734 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0791476731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780791476741 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791476734 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0791476731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Location
Library Reading Room 659.3 E93
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